A general name for the large web-footed birds of the sub-family Anserinæ (family Anatidæ), usually larger than a duck, and smaller than a swan…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) (90) gooseOE A general name for the large web-footed birds of the sub-family Anserinæ (family Anatidæ), usually larger than a duck, and smaller than a swan… Roger1567 As the name of a male animal. cant. A gander. Obsolete. foreman1622 ? slang. ? A goose. Obsolete. gaggler1624 one who gaggles, a goose. Tib of the butterya1640 Tib of the buttery (also simply Tib): a goose. Obsolete slang. goosey-gandera1816 (from the nursery rhyme ‘Goosey goosey, gander, Whither did you wander?’). Subcategories:— gander (3) — female (1) — gosling (3) — wild (4) — domestic (4) — hybrid goose and swan (1) — group of (3) — sound made by (6) — parts of (3) — unspecified and miscellaneous types of (8) — genus Anser (15) — genus Branta (26) — genus Cereopsis (Cape Barren goose) (2) — plectropterus or spur-winged goose (3) — anseranas selmipalmata (magpie goose) (2) |
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