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Definition of grey goose in English: grey goosenoun A goose of a group distinguished by having mainly grey plumage. Genus Anser, family Anatidae: several species, e.g. greylag and white-fronted geese Example sentencesExamples - Catch the end of the winter migrants, the grey geese and whooper swans, as well as the early arrivals such as wheatear and willow warbler and hopefully the ospreys.
- Many birds, including grey geese, swans and terns were about, especially on an island in one of the lakes.
- The Norwegian government wants to start puncturing the unhatched eggs of Canadian and grey geese to control the geese population.
- It flies in loose flocks along the coast, rather than in tight skeins like grey geese.
- Since 1960 the Wildfowl and wetlands Trust have organised an annual census of Icelandic grey geese, Pink-feet and Icelandic Greylags which is undertaken in October and November.
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