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Barnacle goose

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A black and white species of bird within the family Anatidae from the northern hemisphere, Branta leucopsis.
  2. 2
    European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north wordnet

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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