BERNA FLY
Ber"na fly`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larvæ do great injury.
BERNARDINE
Ber"nar*dine, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks. — n.
Defn: A Cistercian monk.
BERNESE
Ber*nese", a.
Defn: Pertaining to the city o — n. sing. & pl.
Defn: A native or natives of Bern.
BERNICLE
Ber"ni*cle, n. Etym: [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.]
Defn: A bernicle goose. [Written also barnacle.] Bernicle goose
(Zoöl.), 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.