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▪ I. wavey|ˈweɪvɪ|
Pl. waveys, wavies.
[See wawa.]
A northern (American) goose of the genus Chen, esp. the common wavey, C. hyperboreus. Blue wavey, C. cærulescens. Horned wavey, C. rossi.
1795S. Hearne Journ. North. Ocean 329 The laughing goose, wavey, (or white goose,) gulls, [etc.]. Ibid. 442 Horned Wavey. Ibid., I have seen them in as large flocks as the Common Wavey, or Snow Goose. 1831Swainson & Richardson Fauna Bor.-Amer. II. 467 Anser hyperboreus... Snow Goose... Wavey. Hudson's Bay Residents. 1892W. Pike Barren Ground N. Canada 161 Here the snow geese, or white ‘wavies’ were resting in thousands.
▪ II. wavey
obs. variant of wavy a. |