barnacle goose

barnacle goose
белощёкая казарка (Branta leucopsis)
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белощекая казарка

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  • barnacle goose — n. [from the popular notion that it grew from the BARNACLE] a European wild goose (Branta leucopsis) …   English World dictionary

  • barnacle goose — ► NOUN ▪ a goose with a white face and black neck, breeding in arctic tundra. ORIGIN from the former belief that the bird hatched from barnacles …   English terms dictionary

  • Barnacle Goose — Taxobox name = Barnacle Goose status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=47150|title=Branta leucopsis|downloaded=11 May 2006] image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata… …   Wikipedia

  • barnacle goose — noun European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north • Syn: ↑barnacle, ↑Branta leucopsis • Hypernyms: ↑goose • Member Holonyms: ↑Branta, ↑genus Branta * * * ˈbarnacle goose 7 …   Useful english dictionary

  • barnacle goose — Clake Clake, Claik Claik, n. (Zo[ o]l.) The bernicle goose; now called {barnacle goose} and also called {clack goose}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • barnacle goose — baltaskruostė berniklė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Branta leucopsis angl. barnacle goose vok. Weißwangengans, f rus. белощёкая казарка, f pranc. bernache nonnette, f ryšiai: platesnis terminas – berniklės …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • BARNACLE GOOSE MYTHS — The barnacle goose is a migratory bird, whose winter habitat is the Arctic region, when it is seldom seen outside the Arctic circle. In summer, however, large flocks are found on the western shores of the British Isles and other parts of the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • barnacle goose — a wild goose, Branta leucopsis, of northern Europe and Greenland. [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.] * * * Species (Branta… …   Universalium

  • barnacle-goose — barˈnacle goose or berˈnicle goose noun A wild black and white goose of N Europe (Branta leucopsis), once believed to develop from a barnacle (the gooseˈ barˈnacle) that attaches itself, esp to floating wood, by a thick stalk • • • Main Entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • barnacle goose — bar′nacle goose′ n. orn a wild goose of Arctic regions, Branta leucopsis, that winters in N Europe • Etymology: 1760–70; earlierbarnacle, ME bernacle; cf. MF bernacle, earlier ME bernak, bernekke, OF bernaque …   From formal English to slang

  • barnacle goose — /ˈbanəkəl gus/ (say bahnuhkuhl goohs) noun a small wild goose, Branta leucopsis, of northern Europe, with distinctive white facial markings. Also, bernicle goose …  


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