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a gaggle of geese
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Geese

Geese \Geese\ (g[=e]s), n., pl. of Goose.

Geese

Goose \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 grass. (Bot.)

    1. A plant of the genus Galium ( G. Aparine), a favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and cleavers.

    2. A species of knotgrass ( Polygonum aviculare).

    3. 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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
geese

plural of goose (n.).

Wiktionary
geese

n. (en-irregular pluralgoose)

WordNet
goose

  1. n. web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

  2. a man who is a stupid incompetent fool [syn: fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, cuckoo, twat, zany]

  3. flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)

  4. [also: geese (pl)]

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Usage examples of "geese".

If Andrea and Lauren had been walking home together, they would have tried to count the geese before the V-shaped flock flew out of sight.

On the far side of the pond ducks and geese floated through the reflections of trees.

The geese were paddling along the edge of the water, dipping their long black necks beneath the surface.

Then Andrea saw the geese paddling toward her, doubling up their necks every few seconds.

She looked for the family with the goslings - that must be the five geese swimming apart from the others.

Now the goslings were young geese just like their mother and father, only smaller.

As the geese neared Andrea, one of the other adults swam too close to the family.

The last time she had visited the bird sanctuary, she had brought a bag of bread crusts for the geese and ducks.

The young geese tried to swim closer to her, but the parents shoved them back, giving warning honks.

Finally the geese glided away along the edge of the pond, leaving crisscrossing ripples in the yellow reflection of the birch trees.

Then she saw a long line of Canada geese, necks outstretched and wings flapping hard, skim the tops of the trees.

As you leave the sanctuary, you might note the waterfowl on the pond - the larger Canada geese with the black heads and white cheek patches, and the smaller mallard ducks .

She thought of the geese paddling around the pond with short, powerful strokes.

The letters were printed over a photograph of a V-shaped flock of geese high above a marsh.

There was a map of North America with two lines of little geese flying from north to south.