# barnacle goose

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A black and white species of bird within the family Anatidae from the northern hemisphere, Branta leucopsis.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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