"barnacle goose" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: barnacle geese [plural]
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. Head templates: {{en-noun|barnacle geese}} barnacle goose (plural barnacle geese)
  1. A black and white species of bird within the family Anatidae from the northern hemisphere, Branta leucopsis. Categories (lifeform): Geese Translations (Branta leucopsis): oca de galta blanca [feminine] (Catalan), berneška [feminine] (Czech), bramgås [common-gender] (Danish), brandgans [feminine] (Dutch), valgepõsk-lagle (Estonian), brandgás [feminine] (Faroese), valkoposkihanhi (Finnish), bernache nonnette [feminine] (French), Weißwangengans [feminine] (German), Weisswangengans [Liechtenstein, Switzerland, feminine] (German), Nonnengans [feminine] (German), αγριόχηνα (agrióchina) [feminine] (Greek), apácalúd (Hungarian), helsingi [masculine] (Icelandic), gé ghiúrainn [feminine] (Irish), cadhan [masculine] (Irish), naalʼeełítsoh łizhinígíí (Navajo), c̕aʔinwa (Nootka), c̕eʔinwa (Nootka), vilgesnierčuonjá (Northern Sami), hvitkinngås [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kvitkinngås [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), gigrann [masculine] (Old Irish), giugrann [masculine] (Old Irish), hrótgás [feminine] (Old Norse), ganso-de-faces-brancas [masculine] (Portuguese), bernaca [feminine] (Portuguese), barnacle [masculine] (Portuguese), gâscă cu obraz alb [feminine] (Romanian), gâscă-călugăriță [feminine] (Romanian), каза́рка белощёкая (kazárka beloščókaja) [feminine] (Russian), cathan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), barnacla cariblanca [feminine] (Spanish), vitkindad gås [common-gender] (Swedish), ak yanaklı kaz (Turkish), gŵydd wyran [feminine] (Welsh)

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