barnacle goose

English

a barnacle goose

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.

Noun

barnacle goose (plural barnacle geese)

1. A black and white species of bird within the family Anatidae from the northern hemisphere, Branta leucopsis.

Translations

Branta leucopsis

• Catalan: oca de galta blanca f
• Czech: berneška (cs) f
• Danish: bramgås (da) c
• Dutch: brandgans (nl) f
• Estonian: valgepõsk-lagle
• Faroese: brandgás f
• Finnish: valkoposkihanhi (fi)
• French: bernache nonnette (fr) f
• German: Weißwangengans (de) f, Weisswangengans (de) f (Switzerland, Liechtenstein), Nonnengans (de) f
• Greek: αγριόχηνα (el) f (agrióchina)
• Hungarian: apácalúd (hu)
• Icelandic: helsingi (is) m
• Irish: gé ghiúrainn f, cadhan m

  Old Irish: gigrann m, giugrann m

• Navajo: naalʼeełítsoh łizhinígíí
• Nootka: c̕aʔinwa, c̕eʔinwa
• Northern Sami: vilgesnierčuonjá
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hvitkinngås (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: kvitkinngås f

• Old Norse: hrótgás f
• Portuguese: ganso-de-faces-brancas m, bernaca (pt) f, barnacle 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
• Turkish: ak yanaklı kaz (tr)
• Welsh: gŵydd wyran f

References

• barnacle goose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Branta leucopsis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Branta leucopsis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons