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red-breasted goose

red-breasted goose noun: branta ruficollis, a species of goose from Eurasia, with a large rust-colored area on its breast and throat.

Noun

red-breasted goose (plural red-breasted geese)

  1. Branta ruficollis, a species of goose from Eurasia, with a large rust-colored area on its breast and throat.

Forms of red-breasted goose

pluralred-breasted geese

Questions about red-breasted goose

What does red-breasted goose mean?
Red-breasted goose means branta ruficollis, a species of goose from Eurasia, with a large rust-colored area on its breast and throat.
What part of speech is red-breasted goose?
Red-breasted goose is a noun.
What is the plural of red-breasted goose?
The plural of red-breasted goose is red-breasted geese.

Words near red-breasted goose in the dictionary

  1. red-book
  2. red-books
  3. red-breasted flycatcher
  4. red-breasted flycatchers
  5. red-breasted geese
  6. red-breasted goose
  7. red-breasted merganser
  8. red-breasted mergansers
  9. red-breasted sapsucker
  10. red-breasted sapsuckers
  11. red-breasted snipe

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