Barrow's goldeneye

noun

1. goldeneye1

Word History and Origins

Origin of Barrow's goldeneye¹

After Sir John Barrow (1764–1848), British traveler and secretary of the admiralty

Example Sentences

As I found when colleagues and I recently thought through new names for common eponymic birds in Maine, this is a process full of exciting questions: What makes a Barrow’s Goldeneye a Barrow’s Goldeneye?

From Slate

“One Barrow’s goldeneye,” Cody said.

From Seattle Times

But you cannot tell, say from the deck of a tour boat, that pigeon guillemots, orcas, Pacific herring, harlequin ducks, clams, black oystercatchers, and Barrow’s goldeneye ducks are still struggling to recover their numbers 25 years later.

From Salon