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barnacle goose definition

barnacle goose

a European wild goose (Branta leucopsis)

Etymology: from the popular notion that it grew from the barnacle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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