| GHV | goose hepatitis virus; growth hormone variant |
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| brand goose | <zoology> A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant. Origin: Prob. Fr. 1st brand + goose: cf. Sw. Brandgas. Cf. Brant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| brand | 1. A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct. "Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof." (Palfrey) 2. A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness. "Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand." (Milton) 3. A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc, of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour. 4. A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma. "The brand of private vice." (Channing) 5. An instrument to brand with; a branding iron. 6. <botany> Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniaei. Origin: OE. Brand, brond, AS. Brand brond brand, sword, from byrnan, beornan, to burn; akin to D, Dan, Sw, & G. Brand brand, Icel. Brandr a brand, blade of a sword. See Burn, and cf. Brandish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| brand spore | <botany> One of several spores growing in a series or chain, and produced by one of the fungi called brand. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| goose | Origin: OE. Gos, AS. Gs, pl. Gs; akin to D. & G. Gans, Icel. Gas, Dan. Gaas, Sw. Gs, Russ. Guse. OIr. Geiss, L. Anser, for hanser, Gr, Skr. Hamsa. Cf. Gander, Gannet, Ganza, Gosling. <zoology> 1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinae, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres. The common domestic goose is believed to have been derived from the European graylag goose (Anser anser). The bean goose (A. Segetum), the American wild or Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), and the bernicle goose (Branta leucopsis) are well known species. The American white or snow geese and the blue goose belong to the genus Chen. See Bernicle, Emperor goose, under Emperor, Snow goose, Wild goose, Brant. 2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose. The Egyptian or fox goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) and the African spur-winged geese (Plectropterus) belong to the family Plectropteridae. The Australian semipalmated goose (Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis Novae-Hollandiae) are very different from northern geese, and each is made the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in Australia. 3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose. 4. A silly creature; a simpleton. 5. A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted. "The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose." (Goldsmith) A wild goose chase, an attempt to accomplish something impossible or unlikely of attainment. Fen goose. See Fen. <zoology> Goose barnacle, any pedunculated barnacle of the genus Anatifa or Lepas; called also duck barnacle. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia. Goose cap, a silly person. <botany> Goose corn See Gannet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| goose flesh | Contraction of the arrectores pilorum produced by cold, fear, or other stimulus, causing the follicular orifices to become prominent. Synonym: goose flesh, gooseflesh. (05 Mar 2000) |
| goose parvovirus | A virus causing goose viral hepatitis in geese and Muscovy ducks. (05 Mar 2000) |
| goose viral hepatitis | An acute, highly fatal disease of goslings and Muscovy ducklings caused by the goose parvovirus and characterised by anorexia, feather loss, and tissue haemorrhages. Synonym: Derzsy's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sea goose | <zoology> A phalarope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solan goose | <zoology> The common gannet. Origin: Icel. Sla; akin to Norw. Sula. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| imber-goose | <zoology> The loon. See Ember-goose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ember-goose | <zoology> The loon or great northern diver. See Loon. Alternative forms: emmer-goose and imber-goose. Origin: Cf. Norw. Emberaas, hav-imber, hav-immer, Icel. Himbrin, himbrimi. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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