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Geese

A group of geese can be called: chevron · gaggle · plump · skein · team · wedge · flock

Collective nouns
7
Category
Animals
Subcategory
Birds
High confidence
6
Book of St Albans
1

Collective nouns for geese

a gaggle of geese

Book of St AlbansContext-dependent

A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.

Context
on land
Confidence
high
Attestation
historical-source, wikipedia-cited, wiktionary-attested
Also used for
women
Also spelled
Gagle (1486)
6 sources
  1. Wikipedia - List of animal names
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center - Common Questions: What Do You Call a Group of...?
  3. Oxford University Press - AskOxford: G
  4. Wiktionary - gaggle
  5. Wiktionary - Appendix:English collective nouns
  6. Book of Saint Albans (1486) - The companyes of bestys & foules

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