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barnacle goose
a European wild goose (Branta leucopsis)
Origin: from the popular notion that it grew from the barnacle
See barnacle goose in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A waterfowl (Branta leucopsis) of northern Europe and Greenland that breeds in the Arctic and has a white face with a black streak between the eyes and bill.
Origin:
Origin: Earlier barnacle; see barnacle
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