Wild geese - Karigane

Japanese: 雁が音 - カリガネ

1. The cry of a wild goose. Also another name for a wild goose.
The name of a crest that features a stylized design of two geese.
3. A bird of the Anatidae family. Approximately 60 cm long. Dark brown overall, with orange-yellow legs, a white forehead, and yellow around the eyes. It breeds in northern Eurasia, and a small number of them fly to Japan as winter birds along with the greater white-fronted geese.
[Synonyms] Roar, song, first sound, cock crowing, Eastern red, barking, howling, whining, empty sound, Wild Geese cancer・Wild Geese debt・True wild goose・First Wild Geese Use・Returning wild geese and Rakugan

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One of the wild geese crests, the "Flying Wild Geese"

One of the geese crests, the geese diamond.

Source: About Shogakukan Digital Daijisen Information | Legend

Japanese:

１ガンの鳴く声。また、ガンの別名。《季秋》
２ガンを図案化した紋所の名。
３カモ科の鳥。全長約60センチ。全体に暗褐色で、足は橙黄色、額が白く、目の周囲が黄色。ユーラシア北部で繁殖し、日本には冬鳥としてマガンにまじって少数が飛来。
[類語]鳴き声・囀り・初音・鶏鳴・東天紅・吠え声・遠吠え・嘶き・空音・雁がん・雁かり・真雁・初雁はつかり・帰雁・落雁

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雁金の紋所の一つ「雁金菱」">

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