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barnacle goose

Syllabification: (bar·na·cle goose)
Definition of barnacle goose

noun

  • a goose with a white face and black neck, breeding in the arctic tundra of Greenland and northern Europe.
    • Branta leucopsis, family Anatidae

Origin:

mid 18th century: see barnacle

barnacle goose in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of barnacle goose in the British & World English dictionary