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–noun
a wild goose, Branta leucopsis, of northern Europe and Greenland.
Origin:
1760–70; earlier barnacle, ME bernacle; cf. MF bernacle, NL bernacula, all deriv. of earlier ME bernak, bernekke, AL bernaca, OF bernaque, of uncert. orig.
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barnacle goose  
n.  A waterfowl (Branta leucopsis) of northern Europe and Greenland that breeds in the Arctic and has a white face with a black streak between the eyes and bill.

[Earlier barnacle; see barnacle.]
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