• (n.) A bernicle goose.
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A bernicle goose. ... <zoology> Alternative forms: barnacle] Bernicle goose, a goose (Branta leucopsis), of Arctic Europe and America. It was formerly believed that it hatched from the cirripeds of the sea (Lepas), which were, therefore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, or Anatifers. The name is also applied to other related species. See An...
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Ber'ni·cle noun [ Middle English
bernak ,
bernacle ; confer Old French
bernac ; probably from Late Latin
bernacula for
hibernicula ,
bernicula , from
Hibernia ; the birds coming from
Hibernia or Ireland. Confer 1st
Barnacle .] A bernic...
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