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

 * 1) A black and white species of bird within the family  from the northern hemisphere,.

Translations

 * Catalan: oca de galta blanca
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: valgepõsk-lagle
 * Faroese: brandgás
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: gé ghiúrainn, cadhan
 * Old Irish: gigrann, giugrann
 * Navajo: naalʼeełítsoh łizhinígíí
 * Nootka: c̕aʔinwa, c̕eʔinwa
 * Northern Sami: vilgesnierčuonjá
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: kvitkinngås
 * Old Norse: hrótgás
 * Portuguese: ganso-de-faces-brancas,, barnacle
 * Romanian: gâscă cu obraz alb, gâscă-călugăriță
 * Russian: каза́рка белощёкая
 * Scottish Gaelic: cathan
 * Spanish: barnacla cariblanca
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: gŵydd wyran