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oca de ventre blanc

European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north.

oca de ventre blanc
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Examples for "barnacle"
Examples for "barnacle"
1
He is a sort of barnacle, taken in on his wife's account.
Se-quo-yah; from Harper's New Monthly, V.41
2
Are you here to take over for that old barnacle Captain Davis?
A fare to remember: just whistle\driven to distraction\taken for...
3
She's a regular barnacle, and won't let me go for a minute.
Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda)
4
The method could be applied to quantify barnacle larvae in natural plankton samples.
Pubmed
5
Michael switched his light on and made out a barnacle-crusted dock just ahead.
The Wolf’s Hour
1
There are folk who can take as many forms as a barnacle goose.
Unknown to History: A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland
2
As the title suggests, it shows a fox cub grimly hanging on to a barnacle goose it has caught, refusing to share it with siblings.
The Guardian
3
With the Barnacle Goose Tree the Herbal proper closes, in these quaint words:
Gossip in a Library
4
Heads of the Eider, King Buck, Barnacle Goose, and White-fronted Goose, drawn by ditto
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volum...
5
The Raven, the Barnacle Goose and the Whale
Short Sketches from Oldest America
6
This bird had been seen before upon Preservation Islancd, and was either a Brent or a Barnacle goose, or between the two.
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 / ...