barnacle goose
noun
: a European goose (Branta leucopsis) that has a whitish face and black breast and breeds in the Arctic
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At least a single barnacle goose spent most of the week in the fields off School Street in Acton, and a possible second barnacle goose may have been in Concord, but the timing of the two birds was not confirmed.
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Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
On this evening, the vixen arrived with a barnacle goose.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2020
Not uncommonly, a whole barnacle goose brood may be lost.
—National Geographic, 28 Mar. 2019
Then Mildred, a 24-year-old barnacle goose, wobbled painfully across the floor as veterinarians analyzed her gait.
—Karen Weintraub, New York Times, 29 June 2018
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Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
On this evening, the vixen arrived with a barnacle goose.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2020
Not uncommonly, a whole barnacle goose brood may be lost.
—National Geographic, 28 Mar. 2019
Then Mildred, a 24-year-old barnacle goose, wobbled painfully across the floor as veterinarians analyzed her gait.
—Karen Weintraub, New York Times, 29 June 2018
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“Barnacle goose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barnacle%20goose. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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