wild goose

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Etymology

From Middle English wilde gos.

Noun

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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Wikious
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