Gosling
noun
A young goose.
The mother goose was fiercely protective of her gosling.
Often appears as...
- mother gosling
- gosling chick
noun
The offspring of certain other animals such as a young swan.
In springtime, you can see many goslings swimming in the lake.
Often appears as...
- white gosling
- black gosling
noun
A beginner in learning something.
As a gosling in programming, he quickly learned the basics of coding.
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A young goose.
The mother goose was fiercely protective of her gosling.
Often appears as...
- mother gosling
- gosling chick
noun
The offspring of certain other animals such as a young swan.
In springtime, you can see many goslings swimming in the lake.
Often appears as...
- white gosling
- black gosling
noun
A beginner in learning something.
As a gosling in programming, he quickly learned the basics of coding.
Usage tips
Informal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Age
Used specifically for young geese, suggesting an age before they are mature.
The farmer is taking care of a gosling until it grows into a goose.
Pro Tip 2/3Family Ties
Often indicates a close relationship with the parent animals.
Watching the gosling follow its mother is an adorable sight.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
'Gosling' should not be mistaken for baby birds of other species.
She mistakenly called the duckling a gosling.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Age
Used specifically for young geese, suggesting an age before they are mature.
The farmer is taking care of a gosling until it grows into a goose.
Pro Tip 2/3Family Ties
Often indicates a close relationship with the parent animals.
Watching the gosling follow its mother is an adorable sight.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
'Gosling' should not be mistaken for baby birds of other species.
She mistakenly called the duckling a gosling.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Age
Used specifically for young geese, suggesting an age before they are mature.
The farmer is taking care of a gosling until it grows into a goose.
Pro Tip 2/3Family Ties
Often indicates a close relationship with the parent animals.
Watching the gosling follow its mother is an adorable sight.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Interchangeable
'Gosling' should not be mistaken for baby birds of other species.
She mistakenly called the duckling a gosling.
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Video examples
Filming Cliff-Jumping...
And then they would hit the bottom and stand up and walk away. And you just think, how does life survive something so extreme as falling hundreds of feet? I would be just shattered into pieces. And yet this tiny little gosling, you know, no bigger than a couple of inches, doesn't.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 174 PIPE...
all worried when we missed our goslings and now Scuba Steve has not only resurfaced from the water but he has resurfaced to his your home trees usual position we just came here because for two or three days he has been missing in action and the last person to be here
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Safari Live - Day 269 PIPE...
absolutely everything wants to eat a Gosling I mean apart from us of course crocodiles leg oven and all sorts of things right all most species of birds at the moment of thinking about having babies or caring for babies Lauren has
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
a little dazed perhaps but all in one piece one gosling at least hasn't made it and this chick appears to be in a bad way
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Wild Leaps Of Faith PIPE...
a little dazed perhaps but all in one piece one gosling at least hasn't made it and this chick appears to be in a bad
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Top 5 Times Nature Won PIPE...
a little dazed perhaps but all in one piece one gosling at least hasn't made it and this chick appears to be in a bad
Video examples
Arctic Fox Snatches Snow...
The young all emerge within a day or two, a marvel of timing. The colony is now home to a million goslings.
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The Planet Earth...
all emerged within a day or two a marvel of timing the colony is now home to a million goslings
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Baby Chick Jumps Off...
A little dazed perhaps, but all in one piece. One gosling, at least, hasn't made it.
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Baboons Hunt Baby Geese...
snatches they can't protect every gosling finally a thief seizes one
Video examples
Filming Cliff-Jumping...
And then they would hit the bottom and stand up and walk away. And you just think, how does life survive something so extreme as falling hundreds of feet? I would be just shattered into pieces. And yet this tiny little gosling, you know, no bigger than a couple of inches, doesn't.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 174 PIPE...
all worried when we missed our goslings and now Scuba Steve has not only resurfaced from the water but he has resurfaced to his your home trees usual position we just came here because for two or three days he has been missing in action and the last person to be here
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 269 PIPE...
absolutely everything wants to eat a Gosling I mean apart from us of course crocodiles leg oven and all sorts of things right all most species of birds at the moment of thinking about having babies or caring for babies Lauren has
Video examples
ONE HOUR of Amazing...
a little dazed perhaps but all in one piece one gosling at least hasn't made it and this chick appears to be in a bad way
Video examples
Wild Leaps Of Faith PIPE...
a little dazed perhaps but all in one piece one gosling at least hasn't made it and this chick appears to be in a bad
Video examples
Top 5 Times Nature Won PIPE...
a little dazed perhaps but all in one piece one gosling at least hasn't made it and this chick appears to be in a bad
Video examples
Arctic Fox Snatches Snow...
The young all emerge within a day or two, a marvel of timing. The colony is now home to a million goslings.
Video examples
The Planet Earth...
all emerged within a day or two a marvel of timing the colony is now home to a million goslings
Video examples
Baby Chick Jumps Off...
A little dazed perhaps, but all in one piece. One gosling, at least, hasn't made it.
Video examples
Baboons Hunt Baby Geese...
snatches they can't protect every gosling finally a thief seizes one
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