a wild North American goose of the genus Chen, as the snow goose (white wavey) or blue goose (blue wavey)
Word origin
[1735–45; earlier weywey ‹ Cree we⋅hwe⋅w]This word is first recorded in the period 1735–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boxer, butternut, editorial, loggia, stasis