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n. - Common wild goose of Europe.

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Usage examples (23)
  • Mostly Canada geese with the odd greylag amongst their number.
  • Research with the herring gull and the greylag goose uncovered much the same thing.
  • Moscow newspaper, that same day you brought down two fine greylag geese at a long range with a single shot.
  • Today's domestic geese are descended from two species: the greylag (Anser anser) and the swan goose (Anser cygnoides).
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