英语词汇“laughing goose”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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laughing goose

Without distinctive addition or context, the word is applied to the common tame goose ( Anser domesticus), which is descended from the wild grey or greylag goose ( A. ferus or cinereus). The other numerous species are distinguished by adjuncts expressing colour, appearance, or habits, as black goose, blue goose, blue-winged goose, laughing goose, pink-footed goose, white-fronted goose, etc.; habitat, as fen goose, marsh-goose, etc.; native region, as American (wild) goose, Chinese goose, etc. See also barnacle goose at barnacle n.² Additions, bean-goose n., brent-goose n. at brent n., Canada goose n. at Canada n.¹ 2, etc.

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laughing goose

laughing goose n. North American (now regional) the greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Anser > anser albifrons (white-front)

laughing goose1750

whitefront1855

speckle-belly1874

tortoiseshell goose1885

1750 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds III. 153 The Laughing-Goose. This Bird is about the Size of our common Wild Goose.

1852 J. Richardson Arctic Searching Exped. xv. 303 The laughing geese passed Fort Franklin a few days later than the snow geese.

1984 E. Hoagland Up Black to Chalkyitsik in Balancing Acts (1992) 100 A wedge of what he called ‘laughing geese’ (white-fronted geese) skimmed overhead.

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单词	laughing goose
释义	> as lemmas laughing goose Without distinctive addition or context, the word is applied to the common tame goose ( Anser domesticus), which is descended from the wild grey or greylag goose ( A. ferus or cinereus). The other numerous species are distinguished by adjuncts expressing colour, appearance, or habits, as black goose, blue goose, blue-winged goose, laughing goose, pink-footed goose, white-fronted goose, etc.; habitat, as fen goose, marsh-goose, etc.; native region, as American (wild) goose, Chinese goose, etc. See also barnacle goose at barnacle n.² Additions, bean-goose n., brent-goose n. at brent n., Canada goose n. at Canada n.¹ 2, etc.extracted from goosen. laughing goose laughing goose n. North American (now regional) the greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Anser > anser albifrons (white-front) laughing goose1750 whitefront1855 speckle-belly1874 tortoiseshell goose1885 1750 G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds III. 153 The Laughing-Goose. This Bird is about the Size of our common Wild Goose. 1852 J. Richardson Arctic Searching Exped. xv. 303 The laughing geese passed Fort Franklin a few days later than the snow geese. 1984 E. Hoagland Up Black to Chalkyitsik in Balancing Acts (1992) 100 A wedge of what he called ‘laughing geese’ (white-fronted geese) skimmed overhead. extracted from laughingadj. < as lemmas
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