duck barnacle

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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Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ]
   1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[ae]}, family
      {Anatid[ae]}.
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   Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided
         into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the former
         are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas}); the wood
         duck ({Aix sponsa}); the beautiful mandarin duck of
         China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata}); the Muscovy duck,
         originally of South America ({Cairina moschata}). Among
         the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
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   2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
      person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
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            Here be, without duck or nod,
            Other trippings to be trod.           --Milton.
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   {Bombay duck} (Zool.), a fish. See {Bummalo}.

   {Buffel duck}, {Spirit duck}. See {Buffel duck}.

   {Duck ant} (Zool.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which
      builds large nests in trees.

   {Duck barnacle}. (Zool.) See {Goose barnacle}.

   {Duck hawk}. (Zool.)
      (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
      (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.

   {Duck mole} (Zool.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,
      having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck
      ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus}). It belongs the subclass
      Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird
      or reptile; -- called also {duckbill}, {platypus},
      {mallangong}, {mullingong}, {tambreet}, and {water mole}.
      

   {To make ducks and drakes}, to throw a flat stone obliquely,
      so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of
      the water, raising a succession of jets; hence:

   {To play at ducks and drakes}, with property, to throw it
      away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.
      

   {Lame duck}. See under {Lame}.
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