What is the collective noun for geese?

What is the collective noun for geese?

• A. Flock
• B. Herd
• C. Swarm
• D. Gaggle

Answer: (D)

Geese have a traditional collective noun that captures how they behave when not flying in formation. A gaggle describes geese gathered together on the ground or in a loose, noisy group, which is the typical scene people picture when they think of geese resting or feeding. When geese are in flight, different terms come into play, like skein or wedge, to describe their V-shaped formations, so those words aren’t used for a ground group. That makes gaggle the best fit here, because it’s the specific term commonly tied to geese. The other options are more general or apply to different animals or contexts: herd is for mammals, swarm is for insects or crowds, and flock is a broad bird-group term but not the classic geese-specific one.