Also snow goose. [f. SNOW sb.1 Cf. Flem. sneeuwgans (Kilian) wild goose, G. schneegans (MHG. snêgans) wild goose, snow-goose, pelican.] A northern (American) goose of the genus Chen, esp. C. hyperboreus, characterized by its pure white plumage.

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1771.  Forster, Catal. N. Amer. Anim., 16. Snow Goose, Anas nivalis.

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1785.  Pennant, Arct. Zool., II. 549. Snow Goose. Anser Grandinis...: head, neck, and body, of a snowy whiteness.

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1814.  A. Wilson, Amer. Ornith., VIII. 76. Snow Goose. Anas hyperborea.

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1838.  Audubon, Ornith., IV. 562. The geographical range of the Snow Goose is very extensive.

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1856.  Mayne Reid, Hunters’ Feast, xxvii. 248. We had also a pair of Canada geese; a snow-goose, and three brant, these last being the produce of a single shot.

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1884.  G. P. Lathrop, True, x. 113. The snow-goose had already been heard piping in the air, on its southward flight.

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