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• One of several birds in the family Anatidae:
  • Goose, birds in the subfamily Anserinae of the Anatidae
  • Sheldgoose, birds in the subfamily Tadorninae
  • Spur-winged Goose, a bird in the subfamily Plectropterinae
  • Pygmy goose, birds in the genus Nettapus in the subfamily Anatinae
  • The Magpie-goose in the closely-related family Anseranatidae
• Goose!, a 2004 film
• Grumman Goose, a United States built amphibian flying boat
• Goose (band), a Belgian electro rock band
• GOOSE (Generic Object Oriented Substation Event), one of the abstract data model mappings in the IEC61850 communication protocol

People and Fictional characters: “Aves” redirects here. ... Subfamilies Dendrocygninae Thalassorninae Anserinae Stictonettinae Plectropterinae Tadorninae Anatinae Aythyinae Merginae Oxyurinae and see text Anatidae is the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swan. ... Look up goose in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Genera Sarkidiornis Tadorna Malacorhynchus Cyanochen Chloephaga Neochen Alopochen Hymenolaimus Merganetta Tachyeres The Tadorninae is a subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl such as the (geese and swans). ... Binomial name Plectropterus gambensis (Linnaeus, 1766) The Spur-winged Goose, Plectropterus gambensis, is a large African bird in the family Anatidae, related to the geese and the shelducks, but distinct from both of these in a number of anatomical features, and therefore treated in its own subfamily, the Plectropterinae. ... Species The pygmy geese are a group of very small perching ducks in the genus Nettapus which breed in the Old World tropics. ... Binomial name Anseranas semipalmata (Latham, 1798) The Magpie Goose, Anseranas semipalmata, is an unusual member of the bird order Anseriformes, which contains about 150 species in three families. ... The Grumman G-21 Goose amphibious flying boat was designed as a 10 seat commuter plane for businessmen in the Long Island area. ... Goose are a Belgian electro rock band, signed to Skint Records. ... IEC61850 is an important new international standard for substation automation that will have a very significant impact on how electric power systems are designed and built form any years to come. ...

• Shane "Goose" Gooseman, the ficitonal character from The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers television show.
• Richard "Goose" Gossage, a retired Major League Baseball player
• Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, a character in the 1986 film Top Gun, played by Anthony Edwards

As slang: The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Richard Michael Goose Gossage (born July 5, 1951, in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Top Gun is a 1986 American film directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer in association with Paramount Pictures. ...

• A fool, or someone who is shy (also goosy/goosey)
• A (usually sexual, sometimes friendly) "attack" — the buttocks of another person are pinched between forefinger and thumb.
• A goose egg, in North American sports slang, refers to a score of "zero" in a contest (compare Duck (cricket)).
• Also in North American slang, the bruised, swollen knot from a minor head injury is called a goose egg.
• A flick of the hand to another person's genitalia

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