wild goose
wild goose noun: 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.
Noun
wild goose (plural wild geese)
- 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.
wild goose meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Bengali
wild goose in Hindi
- species of wildlife goose
- ग्रेलैग हंस grelaig hans
wild goose in Tamil
- காட்டுவாத்து
wild goose in Bengali
- কানাডা রাজহাঁস
Forms of wild goose
| plural | wild geese |
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Origin of wild goose
From Middle English wilde gos. Equivalent to wild + goose.
Words formed from wild goose
Questions about wild goose
- What does wild goose mean?
- Wild goose means 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.
- What is wild goose in Hindi?
- Wild goose in Hindi is ग्रेलैग हंस (grelaig hans). See Wild goose meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wild goose?
- Wild goose is a noun.
- What is the plural of wild goose?
- The plural of wild goose is wild geese.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: wild goose (page history and authors); wild goose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wild goose (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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