barnacle goose

English

Etymology

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.

A barnacle goose.

Noun

barnacle goose (plural barnacle geese)

A black and white species of bird from the northern hemisphere, Branta leucopsis.

Translations

Branta leucopsis

Czech: berneška (cs) f
Danish: bramgås (da) c
Dutch: brandgans (nl) c
Estonian: valgepõsk-lagle
Faroese: brandgás f
Finnish: valkoposkihanhi (fi)
French: bernache nonnette (fr) f
German: Weißwangengans f, Nonnengans (de) f
Greek: αγριόχηνα (el) f (agrióchina)
Icelandic: helsingi (is) m
Irish: gé ghiúrainn f
Old Irish: gigrann m, giugrann m

Navajo: naalʼeełítsoh łizhinígíí
Nootka: c̕aʔinwa, c̕eʔinwa
Northern Sami: vilgesnierčuonjá
Norwegian: hvitkinngås f
Portuguese: ganso-de-faces-brancas m
Romanian: gâscă cu obraz alb f, gâscă-călugăriță f
Russian: каза́рка белощёкая f (kazárka beloščókaja)
Scottish Gaelic: cathan m
Spanish: barnacla cariblanca f
Swedish: vitkindad gås (sv) c

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