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goose
Geese are waterfowl belonging to the tribe Anserini of the family Anatidae. This tribe comprises the genera ''Anser'' (the grey geese), ''Branta'' (the black geese) and ''Chen'' (the white geese). A number of other birds, mostly related to the shelducks, have "goose" as part of their names. More distantly related members of the family Anatidae are swans, most of which are larger than true geese, and ducks, which are smaller.
== Etymology ==
The word "goose" is a direct descendent of Proto-Indo-European root,
*''ghans-''. In Germanic languages, the root gave Old English ''gōs'' with the plural ''gēs'' and ''gandres'' (becoming Modern English goose, geese, gander, and gosling, respectively), Frisian ''goes'', ''gies'' and ''guoske'', New High German ''Gans'', ''Gänse'', and ''Ganter'', and Old Norse ''gās''. This term also gave Lithuanian ''žąsìs'', Irish ''gé'' (goose, from Old Irish ''géiss''), Latin ''anser'', Greek χήν/''khēn'', Dutch ''gans'', Albanian ''gatë'' (heron), Sanskrit ''hamsa'' and ''hamsi'', Finnish ''hanhi'', Avestan ''zāō'', Polish ''gęś'', Russian гусь, Czech ''husa'', and Persian ''ghāz''.
The term goose applies to the female in particular, while gander applies to the male in particular. Young birds before fledging are called goslings.〔 The collective noun for a group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; when in flight, they are called a skein, a team, or a wedge; when flying close together, they are called a plump.
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