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greater white-fronted goose

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A species of goose, Anser albifrons, breeding in the Arctic and migrating to the south in winter.

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  • Armenian: սպիտակաճակատ սագ (spitakačakat sag) — Anser albifrons
  • Azerbaijani: ağqalın qaz — Anser albifrons
  • Belarusian: белалобая гусь (bjelalóbaja husʹ) — Anser albifrons
  • Bengali: বড় ধলাকপাল রাজহাঁস (boṛ dholakpal rajohãs) — Anser albifrons
  • Bulgarian: голяма белочела гъска (goljama beločela gǎska) — Anser albifrons
  • Carpathian Rusyn: гуска білоголова (huska biloholova) — Anser albifrons
  • Catalan: oca riallera grossa — Anser albifrons
  • Catalan: oca cridanera — Anser albifrons
  • Catalan: oca carablanca — Anser albifrons
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白额雁 (bái é yàn) — Anser albifrons
  • Czech: husa běločelá — Anser albifrons
  • Danish: blisgås — Anser albifrons
  • Dutch: kolgans — Anser albifrons
  • Egyptian: T:r-p-G38 (ṯrp) — Anser albifrons
  • Esperanto: blankfrunta ansero — Anser albifrons
  • Faroese: korngás — Anser albifrons
  • Finnish: tundrahanhi — Anser albifrons
  • French: oie rieuse — Anser albifrons
  • Georgian: თეთრშუბლა ბატი (tetršubla baṭi) — Anser albifrons
  • German: Blässgans — Anser albifrons
  • Greenlandic: nerleq — Anser albifrons
  • Hebrew: אווז לבן־מצח — Anser albifrons
  • Hungarian: nagy lilik — Anser albifrons
  • Icelandic: blesgæs — Anser albifrons
  • Interlingua: ansere albifronte — Anser albifrons
  • Inupiaq: niġlivik — Anser albifrons
  • Italian: oca lombardella maggiore — Anser albifrons
  • Japanese: 真雁 (magan) — Anser albifrons
  • Kazakh: ақмаңдайлы қаз (aqmañdaily qaz) — Anser albifrons
  • Korean: 쇠기러기 (soegireogi) — Anser albifrons
  • Lithuanian: baltakaktė žąsis — Anser albifrons
  • Livvi: tundruhanhi — Anser albifrons
  • Lower Tanana: ch'edot'aga — Anser albifrons
  • Macedonian: обичната белочелна гуска (običnata beločelna guska) — Anser albifrons
  • Maltese: wiżża tal-maskra — Anser albifrons
  • Western Mari: ош лепкӓн комбы (oš ĺepkän komby) — Anser albifrons
  • Classical Nahuatl: tlalalacatl — Anser albifrons
  • Nepali: श्वेतमाथा हाँस (śvetmāthā hā̃s) — Anser albifrons
  • Polish: gęś białoczelna — Anser albifrons
  • Romanian: gârliță mare — Anser albifrons
  • Russian: белоло́бый гусь (belolóbyj gusʹ) — Anser albifrons
  • Northern Sami: stuoragiljobaš — Anser albifrons
  • Serbo-Croatian: lisasta guska — Anser albifrons
  • Slovak: hus bieločelá — Anser albifrons
  • Spanish: ánsar careto — Anser albifrons
  • Spanish: ganso careto — Anser albifrons
  • Turkish: sakarca — Anser albifrons
  • Ukrainian: гуска білолоба (huska biloloba) — Anser albifrons
  • Vietnamese: ngỗng ngực trắng — Anser albifrons