wild goose

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English wilde gos.

Noun[edit]

wild goose (plural wild geese)

  1. any of many species of wildlife goose, such as the greylag goose or the Canada goose, whose wedge fly in a wedge or V form, or cuneiform, as opposed to the domesticated goose that would not fly.

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