DCHP-2

wavey wavy [Algonk.; cf. Ojibwa wewe and Cree wehwew goose] DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• n.

  a wild goose, especially the snow goose.

  See also: blue wavey  horned wavey  snow goose  wavey goose  wawa ((1))  white wavey  

  • Although wavey is ultimately derived from an Algonkian onomatopoeic word for a goose, the present form may have been influenced by that of the Canadian French borrowing of the same term.