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Definition: Barnacle Goose |
Barnacle GooseNoun1. European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Barnacle GooseSynonym: barnacle (n). (additional references) |
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| Branta leucopsis |
The English name of this species, and the scientific name of the Brent Goose B. bernicla and the goose barnacle Lepas anatifera, come from the old fable that Barnacle Geese were produced from barnacles (Lepadidae), organisms that grow on timber exposed to salt water. This was logical since these geese were never seen in summer, when they were supposedly developing underwater. The legend was also convenient, because it enabled Catholics to classify these geese as fish and therefore to eat their flesh during Lent.
The Barnacle Goose is easily identified by its largely black plumage and white face. Its call is a "kaw".
This species breeds on Arctic islands, notably Svalbard, and Iceland and winters in northwest Europe.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Barnacle Goose."
Crosswords: Barnacle Goose |
| English words defined with "barnacle goose": Anatifa ♦ duck barnacle ♦ Lepadoid ♦ Stalked barnacle. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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barnacle goose | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "barnacle goose"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | nonnengans. (various references) | |
Greek | ασπρομαγουλόχηνα. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arnaclebay oosegay.(various references) | |
Russian | морской уточка. (various references) | |
Scottish | giùran (gills of a fish). (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-e-g-l-n-o-o-r-s" | |
-3 letters: reasonable, rebalances. | |
-4 letters: albacores, anaerobes, balancers, barnacles, baronages, borecoles, calaboose, canoeable, carageens, conglobes, rebalance, sloganeer. | |
-5 letters: abalones, acerolas, acreages, acrogens, aerogels, albacore, algebras, anaerobe, balancer, balances, barnacle, baronage, begroans, berascal, bolognas, borecole, borneols, carageen, carnages, cesarean, clangers, clangors, cleaners, cleanser, colognes, congeals, conglobe, consoler, coronals, coronels, earlobes, enablers, encloser, englobes, enlarges, ensorcel, erasable, escarole, gasolene, gearcase, generals, glancers, gleaners, granolas, loosener, obscener, oreganos, recleans, sangaree, seaborne. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 72 6E 61 63 6C 65 47 6F 6F 73 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01110010 01101110 01100001 01100011 01101100 01100101 00100000 01000111 01101111 01101111 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a r n a c l e   G o o s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0072 006E 0061 0063 006C 0065 0047 006F 006F 0073 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)366784806769787124181818571 |
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