DCHP-1 Online
honker † [< the cry made by this bird] 
n. a kind of large gray goose, Branta canadensis, with a black head and neck and white cheek patches.
See also: Canada goose
- 1896 There are four kinds of geese: the "honker," or Canadian gray goose; a smaller gray goose; a large white goose, no quite so large as the "honker"; and a smaller white goose.
- 1963 Four honkers swung in from the bay and followed the coastline past our blind. . . .
- 1896 There are four kinds of geese: the "honker," or Canadian gray goose; a smaller gray goose; a large white goose, no quite so large as the "honker"; and a smaller white goose.