noun
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
• Syn: ↑brant, ↑brant goose, ↑brent
• Hypernyms: ↑goose
• Hyponyms: ↑common brant goose, ↑Branta bernicla
• Member Holonyms: ↑Branta, ↑genus Branta
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I. nounsee brant II
II.
see brent II
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brent goose /brent goos/
noun
A small wild goose, mostly slaty-grey, but with a black head, neck, tail and long wing feathers and a white belly, often confused with the barnacle-goose (also brant goose or brent barnacle)
ORIGIN: Prob branded brindled
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[brent]n. British term for brant
Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin
Useful english dictionary. 2012.