"white-fronted goose" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: white-fronted geese [plural]
Etymology: Named for the patch of white feathers bordering the base of its bill. Head templates: {{en-noun|white-fronted geese}} white-fronted goose (plural white-fronted geese)
  1. A goose that has bright orange legs and mouse-coloured upper wing-coverts, Anser albifrons. Categories (lifeform): Geese Synonyms: greater white-fronted goose [North-America], specklebelly [Central, North-America, Northern, colloquial], whitefront
    Sense id: en-white-fronted_goose-en-noun-VUCHoAyN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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