brant

brant
/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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bird
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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Synonyms:
, , (Anser bernicia, Bernicia brenta)


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