barnacle goose
barnacle goose an arctic goose which, because its breeding grounds were long unknown, was believed to hatch from the shell of the crustacean to which it gave its name, or, according to another story, from the fruit of a particular tree growing by the seashore, from which the birds were said to hatch as the fruit dropped into water.
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