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A baby goose that imprints on the first thing it sees, even your shoes.
means A baby goose, especially one young enough to still be covered in soft down.
from From Middle English 'gosling,' built from 'goose' plus the diminutive suffix '-ling' (the same little tag that turns a duck into a 'duckling' and a king into an 'underling'). The 'goose' part traces back through Old English 'gōs' to a Proto-Germanic root shared with German 'Gans' and Dutch 'gans,' likely all echoing far older Indo-European words for the bird — possibly imitating its honk.
- instant loyalty
- Follows the first moving thing it spots
- born ready
- Walks, swims, and feeds within a day
- talks early
- Calls to parents from inside the egg
- feathered fluff
- Down is waterproofed before they ever swim
- name origin
- Old Norse word later became a surname
for instance
ryan gosling — canadian actor, born 1980, starred in la la land and the notebook
canada goose gosling — young canada goose, hatches in spring across north america