Gosling

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gosling \Gos"ling\, n. [AS. g[=o]s goose + -ling.]
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     1. A young or unfledged goose.
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     2. A catkin on nut trees and pines. --Bailey.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gosling
       n : young goose

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "gosling":
     Bantam, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, birdling,
     broiler, brooder, broody hen, calf, capon, catling, chanticleer,
     chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chickling, chicky, cock, cockerel,
     colt, cub, dead duck, dogie, domestic fowl, drake, duck, duckling,
     dunghill fowl, fawn, fledgling, foal, fowl, fryer, game fowl,
     gander, gobbler, gone goose, goner, goose, guinea cock,
     guinea fowl, guinea hen, hen, hen turkey, hopeless case, kid, kit,
     kitten, lamb, lambkin, litter, nest, nestling, partlet, piglet,
     pigling, polliwog, poulard, poult, poultry, pullet, pup, puppy,
     roaster, rooster, setting hen, shoat, spring chicken,
     stewing chicken, tadpole, terminal case, tom, tom turkey, turkey,
     turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, weaner, whelp, yeanling