GOOSE

common name for large wild and domesticated swimming birds related to the duck and the swan. Strictly speaking, the term goose is applied to the female and gander to the male. In North America the wild (or Canada) goose, Branta canadensis, is known by its honking call and by the migrating V-shaped flocks in spring and fall. Other wild geese are the brant (any species of the genus Branta, particularly B. bernicla) and the blue, snow, and white-fronted (or laughing) geese. Among the domestic geese are the popular Toulouse (or gray) goose (descended from the graylag, Anser anser, of Europe), the African goose, the Embden goose, and the Asian breeds (developed from the wild Chinese goose). Geese were raised in ancient times by the Romans and other Europeans and were sacred in Egypt 4,000 years ago. Forcible feeding is used to fatten geese and to enlarge the liver for use in making pâté de foie gras. Geese are classifed in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Anseriformes, family Anatidae.

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books on: Goose  - 11626 results

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1.
Polkabilly: How the Goose Island Ramblers Redefined American Folk Music
Book by James P. Leary; Oxford University Press, 2006
Subjects: Goose Island Ramblers, Polkabilly Music--History And Criticism
Track Code Description Length 23 M Goose Island Ramblers: My Blue Eyes Have Gone 1:10 (begins) 24 C End and rebirth of the Goose Island Ramblers 0:17 7 25 5 C Outro and credits 0:31 1 26 M Goose Island Ramblers: My Blue Eyes Have Gone...
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The Goose-Step: A Study of American Education
Book by Upton Sinclair; Author, 1923
Subjects: Education--United States, Universities And Colleges--United States
CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY ix - x I. The Little Gosling 1 II. The College Goose 4 III. The University Goose 9 IV. The Goose-steppers 15 V. Interlocking Directorates 18 VI. The University of the House of Morgan 23 VII...
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The Wild Geese
Book by Kingo Ochiai, Sanford Goldstein, Ogai Mori; C.E. Tuttle Co., 1959
Subjects: Japan--Social Life And Customs--1868-1912--Fiction
...her from telling what we had done by giving her a piece of the goose. The house was somewhere in the back part of a winding alley...through Muenzaka. The best procedure was for Okada to carry the goose under his cloak and for the two of us to flank him and make...
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Again the Goose Step: The Lost Fruits of Victory
Book by Delbert Clark; Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1949
Subjects: Germany--Politics And Government--1945-
Again The Goose Step The Lost Fruits of Victory By Delbert Clark THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, INC. Publishers INDIANAPOLIS NEW YORK
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Seeing through the Mother Goose Tales: Visual Turns in the Writings of Charles Perrault
Book by Philip Lewis; Stanford University Press, 1996
Subjects: Criticism--France--History--17th Century, Perrault, Charles--1628-1703--Criticism And Interpretation
Seeing Through the Mother Goose Tales
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The Canada Goose Project: A First Project with Children under 3
Journal article by Ruth A. Brewer; Early Childhood Research & Practice, Vol. 12, 2010
Subjects: Children--Social aspects, Day care centers--Social aspects, Education, Preschool--Curricula, Educational programs--Evaluation, Geese--Social aspects, Play schools--Curricula, Preschool education--Curricula
...intentional during the Canada Goose Project. I offered many...which we investigated the geese, scaffolding the childrens...enjoys the noises that the geese, gulls, and ducks make...she kind of honks like a goose. She found it much more...and the cacophony of the geese clamoring around the picnic...
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Abbott and Costello Meet ... John Hawkes: The Goose on the Grave, Affect, and Tomkins's Script Theory
Journal article by John S. Bak; Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, Vol. 29, 2006
Subjects: Abbott, Bud--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Abbott, Bud--Performances, Comedians--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Comedians--Performances, Costello, Lou--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Costello, Lou--Performances, Hawkes, John--Criticism and interpretation, Hawkes, John--Works, Novelists--Criticism and interpretation, Novelists--Works, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, The Goose on the Grave (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Tomkins, Silvan--Works
...and Costello Meet ... John Hawkes: The Goose on the Grave, Affect, and Tomkinss Script...oft-misunderstood gothic novella, The Goose on the Grave, which reviewers and critics...and Donald Greiner concluding that "The Goose on the Grave is an extremely difficult...
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Institutions, Industrial Upgrading, and Economic Performance in Japan: The 'Flying Geese' Paradigm of Catch-Up Growth
Journal article by Jonathan E. Leightner; Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 40, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Institutions, Industrial Upgrading, and Economic Performance in Japan: The 'Flying Geese' Paradigm of Catch-up Growth (Book)--Book reviews
...the United States is the lead goose and Japan is victimized by its...In contrast, when real wild geese fly, the first goose breaks the airs resistance, making it easier for the following geese to fly. Ozawa uses the flying...
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Witch, Wicce, Mother Goose: The Rise and Fall of the Witch Hunts in Europe and North America
Journal article by Jacqueline Simpson; Folklore, Vol. 114, 2003
Subjects: Witch, Wicce, Mother Goose: The Rise and Fall of the Witch Hunts in Europe and North America (Book)--Reviews
Witch, Wicce, Mother Goose: the Rise and Fall of the Witch Hunts in Europe and North America...their own purposes, but neither topic is discussed at all. "Mother Goose" is mentioned, but only once, at the very end, to symbolise the...
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Boochawee: Plantation Land and Legacy in Goose Creek
Journal article by Michael J. Heitzler; South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 111, 2010
...Boochawee: Plantation Land and Legacy in Goose Creek by Michael J. Heitzler ON SEPTEMBER...was located north of Charles Town near Goose Creek, had auspicious owners. James Moore...comprise central sections of the city of Goose Creek, a burgeoning municipality located...
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What's Sauce for the Goose
Magazine article by Claire Walker; New Statesman, Vol. 128, December 20, 1999
Subjects: Geese--Behavior, Pets--Personal narratives
...Whats sauce for the goose.. by Claire Walker...Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat...hall. Doing what geese do - on the carpet...like a hacked-off goose. She took to chasing...say hello to the geese. "Mattie...ensued as a furious goose rounded the corner...
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RhymePlay: Playing with Children and Mother Goose
Magazine article by Karen Haughey; American Music Teacher, Vol. 60, October 2010
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, RhymePlay: Playing with Children and Mother Goose (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...RhymePlay: Playing with Children and Mother Goose. by Karen Haughey RhymePlay: Playing with Children and Mother Goose, by Peggy Bennett. Alfred Publishing...RhymePlay: Playing With Children and Mother Goose grew out of Peggy Bennetts MusicPlay classes...
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Out of Control! Exploding Numbers of Snow Geese Are Bad News for Midwest Farmers and an Entire Far North Ecosystem
Magazine article by Lisa Drew, Chris Madson; National Wildlife, Vol. 35, December 1997
Subjects: Snow goose--Control, Wildlife habitat improvement--Planning
...serrated bills, snow geese can rip roots and...continent lesser snow goose, until the last...size of the snow goose population. Increasing...counts of snow geese on rice fields inland...years to recover from goose abuse. On their summer grounds, snow geese are now spreading...
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Migration of the Snow Geese
Magazine article by Jim Block; PSA Journal, Vol. 68, April 2002
Subjects: Snow goose--Migration, Vermont--Description and travel
...Most adult snow geese are large and white...see a single snow goose take off or land...hours with the snow geese, we decided to explore...Creek. We came upon goose hunters who can legally...half-mile from the geese viewing area. Relatively...single young snow goose swimming in Dead...
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Federal Agency on Wild Goose Chase
Magazine article by Sean Paige; Insight on the News, Vol. 14, March 16, 1998
Subjects: Canada goose--Control, United States. National Institutes of Standards and Technology--Buildings, facilities, etc.
...Federal agency on wild goose chase by Sean Paige...estimated 1,500 Canada geese. Rather than using...migrations, the geese instead have settled...whether to contract goose control out to a...number of unpleasant goose-human confrontations...remove most of the geese to Marylands Eastern...
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Canada Geese Make Strong Comeback
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 11, 2010
Subjects: Geese
...subspecies of Canada geese in northern Illinois. The Canada goose dominated last months...of grass-eating geese. Known in the vernacular as "goose poop," this yucky...the neck of every goose they see. Canada geese are protected by Federal...
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Canada Goose Comes Back Strong
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 11, 2010
Subjects: Geese
...subspecies of Canada geese in northern Illinois. The Canada goose dominated last months...of grass-eating geese. Known in the vernacular as "goose poop," this yucky...the neck of every goose they see. Canada geese are protected by Federal...
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Gill's Joy on Trail of the Wild Geese; ENVIRONMENT Editor TONY HENDERSON on an Ecologist 'S Wild Goose Chase
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), November 6, 2010
Subjects: Geese
...Joy on Trail of the Wild Geese; ENVIRONMENT Editor TONY...on an Ecologist S Wild Goose Chase. Byline: TONY...Light bellied brent geese are attracted by the marshes...Iceland or the same brent goose in Svalbard and then again...The pale-bellied brent geese used to arrive at Lindisfarne...
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Geese Not So Rare in Northumberland
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), February 12, 2010
Subjects: Geese, Grain industry, Natural areas, Nature reserves
Geese Not So Rare in Northumberland...worlds population of a rare goose has descended on Northumberland...000 light-bellied brent geese on to Lindisfarne National Nature...spectacle of so many of the geese will probably pull in the birdwatchers...
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Why Do Geese Fly in a V Formation?
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 11, 2010
Subjects: Geese
...the V formation of a flock of geese is sometimes longer on one side...Answer: "Because there are more geese on that side." Whether you...the real reason that Canada geese and other birds fly in V formations...Occasionally I spot a lone goose honking forlornly in the sky...
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encyclopedia articles on: Goose  - 39 results

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Goose
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and white-fronted (or laughing) geese. Among the domestic geese are the popular Toulouse (or gray) goose (descended from the graylag, Anser...breeds (developed from the wild Chinese goose). Geese were raised in ancient times by the...
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Mother Goose
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MOTHER GOOSE name associated with nursery rhymes . Most...nursery rhymes have been ascribed to Mother Goose. The origin of the name is still a matter...subtitle Contes de ma mere LOye tales of mother goose. This name has in turn been traced to Queen...
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Goose Bumps
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GOOSE BUMPS or goose pimples: see gooseflesh . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Van Schaick, Goose
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VAN SCHAICK, GOOSE go s van skik, 1736 89, American Revolutionary soldier, b. Albany, N.Y. He fought in the French and Indian War, becoming...
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Brant
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BRANT or brant goose, common name for a species of wild sea goose. The American brant, Branta bernicla, breeds in the...marina ) is their staple food. The Old World barnacle goose, B. leucopsis, so named because it was thought to grow...
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