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• goose barnacle — goose′ bar nacle n. ivt See under barnacle 1) • Etymology: 1880–85 …   From formal English to slang

• Bar-headed Goose — Taxobox name = Bar headed Goose status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Anseriformes familia = Anatidae genus = Anser species = A. indicus binomial = Anser indicus… …   Wikipedia

• bar-headed goose — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun or barhead goose ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ Etymology: bar (I) : an Asiatic goose (Anser indicus) having a white head with two black bars on the occiput …   Useful english dictionary

• GOOSE — The barburim avusim (AV, JPS fatted fowl ) included among the daily provision for Solomon s table (I Kings 5:3) have been identified with the goose, the word barbur being explained as derived from bar ( pure, white ), and avus ( fattened ). Some …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Bar-headed Goose — kalninė žąsis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Anser indicus angl. Bar headed Goose vok. Streifengans …   Paukščių anatomijos terminai

• bar-headed goose — kalninė žąsis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Anser indicus; Eulabeia indica angl. bar headed goose vok. Streifengans, f rus. горный гусь, m; индийский гусь, m pranc. oie à tête barrée, f ryšiai: platesnis terminas –… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

• Bar-le-duc jelly — It is commonly served on bread or with foie gras. [http://www.groseille.com/ House of Dutriez s Bar le Duc] confiture de groseilles (currant preserve) is still made by hand. Epepineuses (seed extractors) de seed the currants with goose quills,… …   Wikipedia

• barnacle-goose — barˈnacle goose or berˈnicle goose noun A wild black and white goose of N Europe (Branta leucopsis), once believed to develop from a barnacle (the gooseˈ barˈnacle) that attaches itself, esp to floating wood, by a thick stalk • • • Main Entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

• bernicle-goose — barˈnacle goose or berˈnicle goose noun A wild black and white goose of N Europe (Branta leucopsis), once believed to develop from a barnacle (the gooseˈ barˈnacle) that attaches itself, esp to floating wood, by a thick stalk • • • Main Entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

• barnacle goose — bar′nacle goose′ n. orn a wild goose of Arctic regions, Branta leucopsis, that winters in N Europe • Etymology: 1760–70; earlierbarnacle, ME bernacle; cf. MF bernacle, earlier ME bernak, bernekke, OF bernaque …   From formal English to slang