European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north.
1There are folk who can take as many forms as a barnacle goose.
2As the title suggests, it shows a fox cub grimly hanging on to a barnacle goose it has caught, refusing to share it with siblings.
3With the Barnacle Goose Tree the Herbal proper closes, in these quaint words:
4Heads of the Eider, King Buck, Barnacle Goose, and White-fronted Goose, drawn by ditto
5The Raven, the Barnacle Goose and the Whale
6This bird had been seen before upon Preservation Islancd, and was either a Brent or a Barnacle goose, or between the two.
Translations for barnacle goose