Definition of Skein
the V-formation that ducks and geese fly in when they are migrating
Examples of Skein in a sentence
Because they like to stick together when they are migrating for the winter, ducks and geese fly in a skein, which is a formation in the shape of a V. 🔊
If you have ever witnessed a flock of birds flying the shape of a V, you have witnessed the formation known as a skein. 🔊
In a skein formation, there is a leader that takes point at the tip of the V, leading all of his fellow birds to new place to stay for the winter. 🔊
While a skein usually refers to the V-formation of migrating geese, it can technically be used to refer to a flock of geese in flight in general. 🔊
A flock of swans or geese in flight is called a skein, but most people only call it as such when they are flying in the signature migratory V-formation. 🔊
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