goose
Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are generally bigger than ducks.
Example
“There is a flock of geese on the pond.”
Other meanings
A female goose.
The flesh of the goose used as food.
A kind of
- poultry
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "gōs".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “goose” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.