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snow goose
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snow goose
n.
A North American wild goose (Chen caerulescens or Anser caerulescens) that breeds in Arctic regions, having a dusky gray color phase when young and a white plumage with black wingtips as an adult.

snow goose
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a North American goose, Anser hyperboreus (or Chen hyperborea or A. caerulescens), having a white plumage with black wing tips
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Noun1.snow goose - blue goose in the white color phasesnow goose - blue goose in the white color phase
blue goose, Chen caerulescens - North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter


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We saw a string of snow geese to the southeast, but they seemed to have another field in mind.
LIKE a blizzard filling the sky, more than a million snow geese stop for a rest during their annual migration.
The bag limit for snow geese is 20 per hunter, but taking into consideration the weight limit for the plough horses to pull, the combination of humans, gear and snow geese, their daily bag limit was set at 15.
 
 
 
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