barnacle goose

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English

a barnacle goose

Etymology

Because this goose nests in the far north, Europeans never saw its chicks, and invented a theory that the goose barnacle is the larval form of the barnacle goose.

Noun

barnacle goose (plural barnacle geese)

  1. A black and white species of bird within the family Anatidae from the northern hemisphere, Branta leucopsis.

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