gosling

n.

1. A young goose.
2. A naive or inexperienced young person.

[Middle English, variant (influenced by gos, goose) of gesling, from Old Norse gæslingr, diminutive of gās, goose.]

A young goose.

• g. hepatitis — see goose hepatitis.
• g. plague — see goose hepatitis.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: young goose

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gæsling

Nederlands (Dutch)
gansje

Français (French)
n. - oison

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gänseküken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ορνιθ.) χηνάκι

Italiano (Italian)
papero

Português (Portuguese)
n. - gansinho (m) (Zool.) (Ornit.), pessoa (f) inexperiente (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
гусенок

Español (Spanish)
n. - ansarón, ganso, mentecato

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gässling, gröngöling

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小鹅, 年轻无知者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小鵝, 年輕無知者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 새끼 거위, 바보, 애송이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ガチョウの子, 若造

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فرخ الاوز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אווזון‬

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