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单词 barnacle goose
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barnacle goose


noun

a wild goose, Branta leucopsis, of northern Europe and Greenland.

Origin of barnacle goose

1760–70; earlier barnacle,Middle English bernacle; compare Middle French bernacle,New Latin bernacula, all derivative of earlier Middle English bernak, bernekke,Anglo-Latin bernaca,Old French bernaque, of uncertain origin

Words nearby barnacle goose

barmy, barn, Barnabas, Barnaby, barnacle, barnacle goose, Barnard, Barnardo, Barnard's star, Barnaul, Barnave
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Example sentences from the Web for barnacle goose

  • In France, the barnacle-goose may be eaten on fast days, by virtue of this old belief in its fishy origin.

    Folk-lore of Shakespeare|Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
  • This barnacle-goose tree was a great article of faith with our ancestors in the Middle Ages.

    Myth-Land|F. Edward Hulme

British Dictionary definitions for barnacle goose

barnacle goose

noun

a N European goose, Branta leucopsis, that has a black-and-white head and body and grey wings
a former name for brent goose

Word Origin for barnacle goose

C13 bernekke, related to Late Latin bernaca, from the belief that the goose developed from a shellfish; ultimate origin obscure
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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