About The Word Goose
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What's The Definition Of Goose?
[n] web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
[n] flesh of a goose (domestic or wild) [n] a man who is a stupid fool Synonyms | Synonyms for Goose: bozo | cuckoo | fathead | goof | jackass | twat | zany Related Terms | Find terms related to Goose: Bantam | banty | barn-door fowl | barnyard fowl | biddy | broiler | brooder | broody hen | caille | canard | caneton | capon | chanticleer | chapon | chick | chickabiddy | chicken | chicky | cock | cockerel | Cornish hen | dindon | domestic fowl | drake | duck | duckling | dunghill fowl | faisan | fowl | fryer | game fowl | gander | gobbler | gosling | grouse | guinea cock | guinea fowl | guinea hen | hen | hen turkey | oie | partlet | partridge | pheasant | pigeon | pigeonneau | poulard | poulet | poult | poultry | pullet | quail | roaster | rooster | setting hen | silly | silly ass | silly Billy | spring chicken | squab | stewing chicken | tom | tom turkey | turkey | turkey gobbler | turkey-cock | volaille | wild duck See Also | Anatidae | Anser anser | Anser cygnoides | anseriform bird | barnacle | barnacle goose | blue goose | brant | brant goose | Branta canadensis | Branta leucopsis | brent | brent goose | Canada goose | Canadian goose | Chen caerulescens | Chinese goose | family Anatidae | fool | gaggle | gander | goose | goose | goose down | gosling | graylag | greylag | greylag goose | honker | muggins | poultry | sap | saphead | tomfool Goose In Webster's Dictionary \Goose\ (g[=oo]s), n.; pl. {Geese} (g[=e]s). [OE. gos, AS.
g[=o]s, pl. g[=e]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[=a]s, Dan.
gaas, Sw. g[*a]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for
hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[.m]sa. [root]233. Cf. {Gander},
{Gannet}, {Ganza}, {Gosling}.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily {Anserin[ae]},
and belonging to {Anser}, {Branta}, {Chen}, and several
allied genera. See {Anseres}.
Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been
derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser
anser}). The bean goose ({A. segetum}), the American
wild or Canada goose ({Branta Canadensis}), and the
bernicle goose ({Branta leucopsis}) are well known
species. The American white or snow geese and the blue
goose belong to the genus {Chen}. See {Bernicle},
{Emperor goose}, under {Emperor}, {Snow goose}, {Wild
goose}, {Brant}.
2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the
common goose.
Note: The Egyptian or fox goose ({Alopochen [AE]gyptiaca})
and the African spur-winged geese ({Plectropterus})
belong to the family {Plectropterid[ae]}. The
Australian semipalmated goose ({Anseranas semipalmata})
and Cape Barren goose ({Cereopsis
Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]}) are very different from northern
geese, and each is made the type of a distinct family.
Both are domesticated in Australia.
3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle,
which resembles the neck of a goose.
4. A silly creature; a simpleton.
5. A game played with counters on a board divided into
compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve
good rules, the royal game of goose. --Goldsmith.
{A wild goose chase}, an attempt to accomplish something
impossible or unlikely of attainment.
{Fen goose}. See under {Fen}.
{Goose barnacle} (Zo["o]l.), any pedunculated barnacle of the
genus {Anatifa} or {Lepas}; -- called also {duck
barnacle}. See {Barnacle}, and {Cirripedia}.
{Goose cap}, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & .
{Goose corn} (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus
squarrosus}).
{Goose feast}, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.]
{Goose flesh}, a peculiar roughness of the skin produced by
cold or fear; -- called also {goose skin}.
{Goose grass}. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus {Galium} ({G. Aparine}), a
favorite food of geese; -- called also {catchweed} and
{cleavers}.
(b) A species of knotgrass ({Polygonum aviculare}).
(c) The annual spear grass ({Poa annua}).
{Goose neck}, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved
like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook
connecting a spar with a mast.
{Goose quill}, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a
pen made from it.
{Goose skin}. See {Goose flesh}, above.
{Goose tongue} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea
ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands.
{Sea goose}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Phalarope}.
{Solan goose}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Gannet}.
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