snow goose

English

a snow goose

Noun

snow goose (plural snow geese)

A goose of the species Chen caerulescens, native to North America.

Synonyms

(Chen caerulescens): Anser caerulescens, blue goose

Hypernyms

white goose (genus Chen); gray goose (genus Anser)

Translations

Chen caerulescens

Ahtna: tsʼenlazeni
Breton: gwaz-erc'hegi
Bulgarian: снежна гъска f (snežna gǎska)
Danish: snegås c
Dutch: sneeuwgans (nl) f
Faroese: snjógás f
Finnish: lumihanhi (fi)
French: oie des neiges (fr) f, oie blanche (fr) f (Canada)
German: Schneegans (de) f
Greenlandic: kangoq
Holikachuk: distsʼin qʼul
Icelandic: snjógæs (is) f
Inuktitut: ᑲᖑᖅ (kangoq)
Italian: oca delle nevi f
Koyukon: hʉggʉh
Low German:
German Low German: Sneegoos f
Lushootseed: ʔəx̌aʔ
Navajo: chį́į́shłigaii ałchinígíí
Northern Sami: muohtačuonjá
Norwegian:
Bokmål: snøgås (no) m or f

Nynorsk: snøgås f
Polish: śnieżyca duża f, gęś śnieżna f
Portuguese: ganso-das-neves m
Russian: бе́лый гусь m (bélyj gusʹ)
Spanish: ánsar nival m, ganso blanco m, ganso nival m
Swedish: snögås c

Further reading

snow goose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chen caerulescens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Chen caerulescens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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