In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female, for example:
The gender specific noun for a female duck is hen.
The gender specific noun for a male duck is drake.
The noun 'duck' is a common gender noun as a word for a male or a female of the species.
It appears that regionally in the US a female duck may be referred to as a susie or grayduck, and a male as a greenhead, although this may specifically refer to mallards, and primarily along the Mississippi delta.
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Oh, dude, it's like so simple. The masculine of geese is gander. Yeah, like, a gander is a male goose. So, next time you see a group of geese, just look out for the gander strutting around like he owns the place.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.
The noun 'geese' is the plural form of the noun 'goose'.
The gender specific noun for a male goose is gander.
The gender specific noun for a female goose is goose.
The noun 'goose' is also a common gender noun for any member of the species.
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Geese is the plural of Goose. There is not a plural form of Geese.
A gaggle of geese is a flock of geese when not flying. A skein is therefore, a flock of geese in flight
The collective noun is a gaggle of geese.
The noun geese is the plural form of the noun goose.
The subject of the sentence, "You saw a flock of geese." is the pronoun, you.