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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
goose \goose\ g=oos, n.; pl. geese g=es. oe. gos, as.
g=os, pl. g=es; akin to d. g. gans, icel. g=as, dan.
gaas, sw. gas, russ. guse. oir. geiss, l. anser, for
hanser, gr. chh`n, skr. ha.msa. root233. cf. gander,
gannet, ganza, gosling. zool.
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1. any large web-footen bird of the subfamily anserinae,
and belonging to anser, branta, chen, and several
allied genera. see anseres.
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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.
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2. any large bird of other related families, resembling the
common goose.
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note: the egyptian or fox goose alopochen aegyptiaca and
the african spur-winged geese plectropterus belong
to the family plectropteridae. the australian
semipalmated goose anseranas semipalmata and cape
barren goose cereopsis novae-hollandiae are
very different from northern geese, and each is made
the type of a distinct family. both are domesticated in
australia.
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3. a tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle,
which resembles the neck of a goose.
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4. a silly creature; a simpleton.
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5. a game played with counters on a board divided into
compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
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the pictures placed for ornament and use,
the twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
--goldsmith.
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a wild goose chase, an attempt to accomplish something
impossible or unlikely of attainment.
fen goose. see under fen.
goose barnacle zool., 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 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. zool. see phalarope.
solan goose. zool. see gannet.
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see also:
geese gander gannet ganza gosling anserinae
anser branta chen anseres anser anser
a. segetum branta canadensis branta leucopsis bernicle emperor goose
emperor snow goose wild goose brant alopochen aegyptiaca
plectropterus plectropteridae anseranas semipalmata cereopsis novae-hollandiae a wild goose chase
fen goose fen goose barnacle anatifa lepas
duck barnacle barnacle cirripedia goose cap goose corn
juncus squarrosus goose feast goose grass galium g. aparine
catchweed cleavers polygonum aviculare poa annua goose neck
goose quill goose skin goose flesh goose tongue achillea ptarmica
sea goose phalarope solan goose
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