barnacle goose (redirected from Barnacle Geese)

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.

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[Earlier barnacle; see barnacle.]

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barnacle goose

Noun

a goose with a black-and-white head and body [it was formerly believed that the goose developed from a shellfish]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

barnacle goose - European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north Branta leucopsis, barnacle goose - web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks Branta, genus Branta - wild geese