Adjacent Words
Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von KleistBerne
Berner Alpen
Berners
Berners-Lee, Tim
Bernese
Bernese Alps
Bernese mountain dog
Bernese Oberland
Bernhard
Bernhard Riemann
Bernhardi
Bernhardt
Bernice
Bernicia
Bernicle goose
Bernina
Bernini
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
Bernoulli
Bernoulli distribution
Bernoulli family
Bernoulli trial
Bernoulli's law
Bernoulli's principle
Bernouse
Bernstein
Bernstein, Leonard
Bernstorff
Berob
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Bernicle Ber"ni*cle, n. [OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac; prob. fr. LL. bernacula for hibernicula, bernicula, fr. Hibernia; the birds coming from Hibernia or Ireland. Cf. 1st Barnacle.] A bernicle goose. [Written also barnacle.] Bernicle goose (Zo["o]l.), a goose (Branta leucopsis), of Arctic Europe and America. It was formerly believed that it hatched from the cirripeds of the sea (Lepas), which were, therefore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, or Anatifers. The name is also applied to other related species. See Anatifa and Cirripedia.
