tree-goose

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noun A cirriped of the genus Lepas or Anatifa; a barnacle; a goose-mussel. See Anatifa, Lepas, and cut under barnucle, 2.
noun The barnacle-goose, Bernicla leucopsis: from the old fable that they grow on trees from barnacles. See cut under barnacle.

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Pie-Annet, which the people of Lancashire call by no other name than a tree-goose; which place aforesaid, and all those parts adjacent, do so much abound therewith, that one of the best may be bought for threepence.

Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various 1852
The Barnacle goose or clakis of Willoughby, anas erythropus of Linnaeus, called likewise tree-goose, anciently supposed to be generated from drift wood, or rather from the _lepas anatifera_ or multivalve shell, called barnacle, which is often found on the bottoms of ships.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784