geese 音标拼音: [g'is]
goose 的复数
goose 的复数
Geese \
Geese \ (
g [=
e ]
s ),
n .,
pl .
of {
Goose }.
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1913 Webster ]
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 }.] (
Zool .)
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1 .
Any large web -
footen bird of the subfamily {
Anserin [
ae ]},
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 {
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 .
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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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