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A black and white species of bird within the family Anatidae from the northern hemisphere, Branta leucopsis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: barnacle, Branta leucopsis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: goose
Because this goose nests in the far north, Europeans never saw its chicks, and invented a theory that the goose barnacle is the larval form of the barnacle goose.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
oca de galta blanca
— Branta leucopsis
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Czech:
berneška
— Branta leucopsis
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Danish:
bramgås
— Branta leucopsis
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Dutch:
brandgans
— Branta leucopsis
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Estonian:
valgepõsk-lagle
— Branta leucopsis
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Faroese:
brandgás
— Branta leucopsis
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Finnish:
valkoposkihanhi
— Branta leucopsis
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French:
bernache nonnette
— Branta leucopsis
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German:
Weißwangengans
— Branta leucopsis
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German:
Weisswangengans
— Branta leucopsis
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German:
Nonnengans
— Branta leucopsis
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Greek:
αγριόχηνα
(agrióchina)
— Branta leucopsis
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Hungarian:
apácalúd
— Branta leucopsis
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Icelandic:
helsingi
— Branta leucopsis
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Irish:
gé ghiúrainn
— Branta leucopsis
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Irish:
cadhan
— Branta leucopsis
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Old Irish:
gigrann
— Branta leucopsis
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Old Irish:
giugrann
— Branta leucopsis
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Japanese:
顔白雁
(kaojiro gan)
— Branta leucopsis
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Nootka:
c̕aʔinwa
— Branta leucopsis
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Nootka:
c̕eʔinwa
— Branta leucopsis
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Norwegian Bokmål:
hvitkinngås
— Branta leucopsis
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kvitkinngås
— Branta leucopsis
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Old Norse:
hrótgás
— Branta leucopsis
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Polish:
bernikla białolica
— Branta leucopsis
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Portuguese:
ganso-de-faces-brancas
— Branta leucopsis
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Portuguese:
bernaca
— Branta leucopsis
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Portuguese:
barnacle
— Branta leucopsis
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Romanian:
gâscă cu obraz alb
— Branta leucopsis
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Romanian:
gâscă călugăriță
— Branta leucopsis
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Russian:
каза́рка белощёкая
(kazárka beloščókaja)
— Branta leucopsis
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Northern Sami:
vilgesnierčuonjá
— Branta leucopsis
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Scottish Gaelic:
cathan
— Branta leucopsis
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Scottish Gaelic:
diùraide
— Branta leucopsis
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Spanish:
barnacla cariblanca
— Branta leucopsis
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Spanish:
barnacla
— Branta leucopsis
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Swedish:
vitkindad gås
— Branta leucopsis
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Turkish:
akbaş
— Branta leucopsis
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Turkish:
deniz kazı
— Branta leucopsis
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Welsh:
gŵydd wyran
— Branta leucopsis
