white-fronted goose

English

A white-fronted goose

Etymology

Named for the patch of white feathers bordering the base of its bill.

Noun

white-fronted goose (plural white-fronted geese)

A goose that has bright orange legs and mouse-coloured upper wing-coverts, Anser albifrons.

Synonyms

greater white-fronted goose (North America), specklebelly (Northern and Central North America, colloquial), whitefront

Translations

Anser albifrons

Danish: blisgås (da) c pl
Faroese: korngás f
German: Blässgans (de)

Greenlandic: nerleq
Slovak: hus bieločelá (sk) f
Swedish: bläsgås (sv)

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