English
merganser (common merganser) (?)
Arapaho
héébe3nookúúbeet
Translation of the Arapaho
‘it has a large white nose/bill’ or ‘the large white-nosed/billed duck’
Mergansers and theArapaho
F.V. Hayden gives this name for a duck he identifies as Mergus americanus.
However, that duck does not have any conspicous white on the bill, so his
identification may be incorrect.