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bernicle goose

British  
/ ˈbɜːnɪkəl /

noun

  1. a former name for the brent goose barnacle goose

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The whole story was an imaginary embroidery of the facts that barnacles attach themselves to submerged timber and that a species of goose is known as the bernicle goose.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

And carefully taking one of the eggs of the bernicle goose, he broke the shell at its end, and adroitly swallowed the inside without any further formalities.

From Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery by Verne, Jules

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