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Swoose
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swoose
English
The +
Etymology
en swan goose (from a song about a bird that was half swan, half goose) because it had another aircraft's tail grafted onto it.
Proper noun
the Swoose
en historical A specific B-17 bomber plane used extensively in World War Two.
en 2005 Robert R. Burch World War II: A Pilot's Experience 69 Trafford Publishing The Swoose was so named because it contained so many scavenged parts that it was half swan and half goose or a “Swoose”.