One male is a gander. More than one male are ganders. One female is a goose, and more than one female are geese.
An Adult Male Goose is called a "Gander"
An Adult Female Goose is called a "Goose"
A Young Goose (of either sex) is called a "Gosling"
male=drake
female=hen
A female duck is just a duck. A hen is a female chicken. The male is a drake.
Goose is the female name - Gander is the male name.
Hen.
The male of the species is called a Gander and a female is a called a Dame.
A goose.
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Webster's Dictionary: gander - the male of the goose.
A male would be called a "Gander."
A female would be called a "Goose."
A male duck is called a drake. There is no special name for a female duck.
Pen = female
Cob = male
geese
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Goose and gander
A female is a "goose" or "hen". A male is a "gander". And a baby/young goose, whether male of female, is a "gosling".
A goose is female, a gander is a male.
The male is called a drake and the female is called a duck or hen.
It really depends on the gender of the geese. Overall, "geese" is what we call the species, but when we are talking about a specific goose, if it is a boy goose, we call it and gander, and if a girl goose, we'll just call it a "goose."
A male goose is a 'gander' A female goose is a 'goose'.
well a gander is a male goose, and the female goose is just a goose.
Gander is a male goose. The female is just 'goose'
There really isn't much of one. The female goose is usually called just that, the 'goose'. "Goose" applies both to the species in general, as well as specifically the female of the species. If one was to refer to the female goose and the male goose, one would call them 'goose' and 'gander', respectively.
A gander is a male goose.It's an adult male goose (as in what's good for the goose is good for the gander).
There really isn't much of one. The female goose is usually called just that, the 'goose'. "Goose" applies both to the species in general, as well as specifically the female of the species. If one was to refer to the female goose and the male goose, one would call them 'goose' and 'gander', respectively.
An Adult Male Goose is called a "Gander"An Adult Female Goose is called a "Goose"A Young Goose (of either sex) is called a "Gosling"A male goose is called a 'Cob' - the female is a 'Pen'a gander
A female goose is a hen or a goose. A male goose is called a gander or a goose.