BRANTA CANADENSIS

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Meaning:

Common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call

Synonyms:

Branta canadensis; Canada goose; Canadian goose; honker

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Branta canadensis" is a kind of...):

goose (web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks)

Holonyms ("Branta canadensis" is a member of...):

Branta; genus Branta (wild geese)

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