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magpie-goose

magpie-goose noun: a bird of species Anseranas semipalmata, the only non-extinct bird of the family Anseranatidae, resident breeder in northern Australia and southern New Guinea, having black and white plumage and yellowish legs.

magpie-goose: a bird of species Anseranas semipalmata, the only non-extinct bird of the family Anseranatidae,...
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Noun

magpie-goose (plural magpie-geese)

  1. A bird of species Anseranas semipalmata, the only non-extinct bird of the family Anseranatidae, resident breeder in northern Australia and southern New Guinea, having black and white plumage and yellowish legs.

magpie-goose meaning in Tamil

magpie-goose in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Forms of magpie-goose

pluralmagpie-geese
alternative formmagpie goose

Questions about magpie-goose

What does magpie-goose mean?
Magpie-goose means a bird of species Anseranas semipalmata, the only non-extinct bird of the family Anseranatidae, resident breeder in northern Australia and southern New Guinea, having black and white plumage and yellowish legs.
What is magpie-goose in Tamil?
Magpie-goose in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Magpie-goose meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is magpie-goose?
Magpie-goose is a noun.
What is the plural of magpie-goose?
The plural of magpie-goose is magpie-geese.

Words near magpie-goose in the dictionary

  1. magpie shrike
  2. magpie shrikes
  3. magpie tanager
  4. magpie tanagers
  5. magpie-geese
  6. magpie-goose
  7. magpie-jay
  8. magpie-jays
  9. magpie-lark
  10. magpie-larks
  11. magpie-robin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: magpie-goose (page history and authors); magpie-goose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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