gooselike

gooselike
Resembling or characteristic of a goose.

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  • gooselike — adjective having or revealing stupidity ridiculous anserine behavior a dopey answer a dopey kid some fool idea about rewriting authors books • Syn: ↑anserine, ↑dopy, ↑dopey, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • goose — gooselike, adj. /goohs/, n., pl. geese for 1, 2, 4, 8, 9; gooses for 5 7; v., goosed, goosing. n. 1. any of numerous wild or domesticated, web footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, esp. of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are… …   Universalium

  • shelduck — /shel duk /, n., pl. shelducks, (esp. collectively) shelduck. 1. a sheldrake. 2. a female sheldrake. [1700 10; SHEL(DRAKE) + DUCK1] * * * or sheldrake Any of several short billed, somewhat gooselike, Old World ducks with long legs and an upright… …   Universalium

  • anseriform — ▪ bird order Introduction  any of the 150 species comprising the bird order Anseriformes, which comprises the ducks (duck), geese (goose), and swans (swan) (family Anatidae) and the screamers (the three species of family Anhimidae). Anatidae… …   Universalium

  • Dopey — Dop ey, Dopy Dop y, a. 1. stupid; as, a dopy kid. [Colloq.] Syn: cloddish, doltish. [PJC] 2. [affected by {dope[2]}.] dulled or stupefied by alcohol or narcotics; sluggish or dull as though under the influence of a narcotic. [Slang] [Webster 1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dopy — Dopey Dop ey, Dopy Dop y, a. 1. stupid; as, a dopy kid. [Colloq.] Syn: cloddish, doltish. [PJC] 2. [affected by {dope[2]}.] dulled or stupefied by alcohol or narcotics; sluggish or dull as though under the influence of a narcotic. [Slang]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gastornithiformes — Taxobox name = Gastornithiformes fossil range = Late Paleocene middle Eocene image width = 200px image caption = Life restoration of Gastornis (formerly Diatryma ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes… …   Wikipedia

  • Muscovyduck — Muscovy duck n. A greenish black, gooselike duck (Cairina moschata), having heavy red wattles and found wild from Mexico to northern Argentina but widely domesticated around the world for its succulent flesh. Also called musk duck.   [Alteration… …   Universalium

  • anserine — /an seuh ruyn , rin/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese. 2. resembling a goose; gooselike. 3. stupid; foolish; silly. Also, anserous. [1830 40; < L anserinus of, pertaining to… …   Universalium

  • magpie goose — a black and white gooselike bird, Anseranas semipalmatus, of Australia, believed to be the most primitive waterfowl in existence. [1895 1900] * * * ▪ bird also called  pied goose  or  semipalmated goose        large unusual waterfowl of Australia …   Universalium

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