• DillyDaily@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Goose is the female and sex neutral term for members of those bird species.

    Just like “cow” is both the female (parous) and sex neutral term for domesticated bovine. (nuliparous/non breeding female cows are heifers, but they are also still cows in the sex neutral usage)