a kind of large gray goose, Branta canadensis, with a black head and neck and white cheek patches.
See also: Canada goose
- 1832  The common wild goose, of dark greyish colour, with a large white spot under the neck, is best known, and most abundant--the Canadian goose only differs from it in size.
- 1924  On both sides rose . . . birds of many kinds, eider duck, Canadian goose. . . .