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Branta

noun

wild geese

• Syn: ↑genus Branta

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Anatidae, ↑family Anatidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑brant, ↑brant goose, ↑brent, ↑brent goose, ↑honker, ↑Canada goose, ↑Canadian goose, ↑Branta canadensis, ↑barnacle goose, ↑barnacle, ↑Branta leucopsis

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\\ˈbrantə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from English brant (II)

: a genus of birds (family Anatidae) comprising wild geese with rather elaborately patterned commonly dark plumage, long slender neck, and small weakly serrated bill — see brant, canada goose; compare anser

Useful english dictionary. 2012.