brant-goose
1Brant Goose — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) …
2brant-goose — see brant n …
3brant goose — noun small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward • Syn: ↑brant, ↑brent, ↑brent goose • Hypernyms: ↑goose • Hyponyms: ↑common brant goose, ↑Branta bernicla …
4brant goose — noun A small member of the goose family (Anatidae) …
5common brant goose — noun the best known variety of brant goose • Syn: ↑Branta bernicla • Hypernyms: ↑brant, ↑brant goose, ↑brent, ↑brent goose …
6brant — /brant/, n., pl. brants, (esp. collectively) brant. any of several species of small, dark colored geese of the genus Branta, esp. B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn. Also called brant goose; esp.… …
7brant — [[t]brænt[/t]] n. pl. brants, (esp. collectively)brant. orn a small, dark colored goose of arctic regions, Branta bernicla, that winters along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts Also called brant′ goose ; esp. brit.,brent Etymology: 1535–45; short… …
8brant — n. Brent, brand goose, brant goose (Anser bernicia, Bernicia brenta) …
9Brant — (br[a^]nt), n. [Cf.{Brand goose}, {Brent}, {Brenicle}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A species of wild goose ({Branta bernicla}) called also {brent} and {brand goose}. The name is also applied to other related species. [1913 Webster] …
10brant — [brant] n. pl. brants or brant [< ?] any of a genus (Branta) of wild geese of Europe and North America, including the Canada goose and the barnacle goose; esp., a species ( B. bernicla) found chiefly in the E U.S. and N Canada …
