English Explanatory Dictionary

barnacle goose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-barnacle goose.wav

Word forms

barnacle goose barnacle geese

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.

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