any large web-footen bird of the subfamily anserinae, and belonging to anser, branta, chen, and several allied genera. see anseres.-any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose.-a tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose.-a silly creature; a simpleton.-a game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.