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Goose
The geese are a group of birds belonging to the family Anatidae among which is also home to the swans and ducks. The term "goose" is not specifically Anser species of the genus or even species subfamily Anserinae. So-called happy Anserinae, whether geese and céréopses, goose geese but also grouped within Tadorninae. These are fairly large birds, related to ducks (smaller) and swans (the largest). There are also geese and domestic geese. The geese cacardent.

Most species from Europe, Asia and North America are migratory species in the wild. Different species of geese are mostly vegetarian, some species may even harm the farmers grazing their fields.

Small called goslings. The term jars applies only to male domestic geese.

Several species of geese were domesticated. The Greylag Goose (Anser anser) is the origin of European races, but in Asia cygnoïde Goose (Anser cygnoides) has an equally long history. The breeds of domestic geese are therefore result of these two species apart and their hybrids that are not sterile.

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The term stems from goose auca which means goose down Latin. Auca would be a contraction * avica derived from view, the bird.

This origin is also found in Italian Oca while all denominations of Indo-European languages including Latin classical (Anser) derives from a term Indo-European * ghans specific original.

Cash goose
Genre Anser

* Greylag Goose, Anser anser
* White-fronted Goose A. Albifrons
* Goose dwarf A. Erythropus
* Goose harvest A. Fabalis
* Short-beaked goose A. Brachyrhynchus
* Bar-headed Goose A. Indicus
* Goose cygnoïde, A. Cygnoides (also known as "Swan Goose" especially for domestic forms)

Genre Anser or Chen (depending on the authority)

* Snow Goose Anser caerulescens or Chen caerulescens
* Ross' geese, A. Rossii, or C. Rossii
* Emperor Goose, A. Canagicus or C. Canagica

Genre Branta, barnacles

* Brant Branta bernicla
* Barnacle Goose B. Leucopsis
* Cackling Goose B. Hutchinsii
* Canada Goose B. Canadensis (also known as "bustard")
* Red-breasted Goose B. Ruficollis
* Barnacle Goose néné or Hawaii, B. Sandvicensis

Genre Cereopsis

* Cape Barren Goose, Cereopsis novaehollandiae

Genre Plectropectus

* Goose-Army Gambia Plectropectus gambensis

The goose in the captions and in fiction
The geese Meïdoum, Egypt is one of the oldest representation of geese. Aphrodite has repeatedly been represented led by geese or swans, but among the ancient Greeks goose or swan carry the same symbolic. Among Gallic, which is represented Belisama riding a goose. Among the Romans, the goose is associated with the cult of Minerva.

The Aesop's fables include the story of a farmer with a goose laying golden eggs, he decided to kill her to get all the golden eggs at once, but lost the source of his wealth .

Livy tells the geese episode of a sacred temple of Juno Rome Saved by their cries to -390, when the Gauls attacked the Capitol at night.

The game of the goose is a game popular with children.

The Wonderful Travel Nils Holgersson through Sweden, also behind the cartoon Nils Holgersson, is a novel that describes the journey of a child accompanying a smaller flock of geese throughout their migration in Sweden to Lapland.

The goose is one of the totems minds of the wheel of life of Americans. In China, the goose is considered a principle that illuminates yang nature. The Tchéous symbol in the background of their marriage because the husband has to offer a goose at the sealing of the contract of engagement.

The goose-foot magic is a symbol of the Middle Ages. The lepers were forced to wear a yellow goose-foot, but a symbol of impurity. Pédauque The queen, a queen leprous, known as La Rôtisserie Pédauque of Queen, is one example.

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