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pink-footed goose

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noun

  1. a Eurasian goose, Anser brachyrhynchus, having a reddish-brown head, pink legs, and a pink band on its black beak

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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My incredulous snorts echoed in the near-empty theater: “A pink-footed goose on a mountain in Colorado!?”

From Slate Mar. 21, 2014

At first, "The Big Year" may feel a little slow, but as it progresses, you find yourself rooting for the guys to spot that pink-footed goose or great spotted woodpecker.

From Seattle Times Oct. 13, 2011

His quarry is not duck but the prized pink-footed goose.

From Time Magazine Archive

He answered, that he made his home there because it was the only spot in England in which, sitting in his own room, he could listen to the cry of the pink-footed goose.

From Birds and Man by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

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