tree-goosen.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtree-goose.

Obsolete exc. Historical.

A name for the barnacle-goose, formerly believed to be produced from a tree, in the form of the barnacle (cirriped): see barnacle n.² 1.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Branta > branta leucopsis (barnacle goose)

barnaclea1227

tree-goose1597

bar-goose1606

Scots goose1668

barnacle goose1840

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1391 Foules, whom we call Barnakles,..and in Lancashire tree Geese.

1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxvii. 136 Those..trees..send from their stocky bough, A soft and sappy Gum, from which those Tree-geese grow, Call'd Barnacles by vs.

1655 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 2) App. xiii. §5 He also adds a story of another sort of Tree-geese which he gathered in their shells from an old rotten tree upon the shore of our English Coast.

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 151 These are the birds that..were believed to be generated out of wood, or rather a species of shell..often found sticking to the bottoms of ships..and were called Tree-geese.

1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 312/2.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	tree-goose
释义	tree-goosen. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtree-goose. Obsolete exc. Historical. A name for the barnacle-goose, formerly believed to be produced from a tree, in the form of the barnacle (cirriped): see barnacle n.² 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Branta > branta leucopsis (barnacle goose) barnaclea1227 tree-goose1597 bar-goose1606 Scots goose1668 barnacle goose1840 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1391 Foules, whom we call Barnakles,..and in Lancashire tree Geese. 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxvii. 136 Those..trees..send from their stocky bough, A soft and sappy Gum, from which those Tree-geese grow, Call'd Barnacles by vs. 1655 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 2) App. xiii. §5 He also adds a story of another sort of Tree-geese which he gathered in their shells from an old rotten tree upon the shore of our English Coast. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 151 These are the birds that..were believed to be generated out of wood, or rather a species of shell..often found sticking to the bottoms of ships..and were called Tree-geese. 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 312/2. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1597
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