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

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

  Cleavers \Cleav"ers\, n. [From {Cleave} to stick.] (Bot.)
     A species of {Galium} ({Galium Aparine}), having a fruit set
     with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in
     contact with; -- called also, {goose grass}, {catchweed},
     etc.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cleavers
       n : annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North
           America and Europe and Asia [syn: {clivers}, {goose grass},
            {catchweed}, {spring cleavers}, {Galium aparine}]

















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