Akademik

barnacle goose

noun

European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north

• Syn: ↑barnacle, ↑Branta leucopsis

• Hypernyms: ↑goose

• Member Holonyms: ↑Branta, ↑genus Branta

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ˈbarnacle goose 7 noun

a ↑goose with a white face and a black neck that breeds in Greenland

 

Word Origin:

[barnacle goose] mid 18th cent.: see ↑barnacle.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.