ˈhəchə̇nz(ə̇z)- noun
Usage: usually capitalized H
Etymology: after Thomas Hutchins died 1790 English attaché of the Hudson's Bay Company
: a variety ( Branta canadensis hutchinsii ) of the Canada goose closely resembling but smaller than the typical form, breeding in arctic America and migrating south through the U.S., but being rare east of the Mississippi