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/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. Brit., brent, brent goose.
[1535-45; short for brantgoose, brentgoose; akin to ON brandgas, G Brandgans]
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also called Brent Goose
(
Branta bernicla),
water bird that resembles small,
short-
necked forms of the Canada goose but is much darker and,
though black-
necked and black-
headed,
lacks white cheeks;
instead it has a more or less extensive narrow white neck ring and is “
bibbed”
like the barnacle goose.
It breeds in the Arctic and winters southward into Eurasia and North America.
See also barnacle goose.
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