Definition of Branta

1. Noun. Wild geese.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Branta

Brandenburg
Brandi
Brandoesque
Brandon
Brandt
Brandt-Andrews manoeuvre
Brandt syndrome
Brandy
Brangelina
Branham's sign
Branhamella
Branhamella catarrhalis
Brannock Device
Brannock Devices
Branson
Branta
Branta bernicla
Branta canadensis
Branta leucopsis
Braque
Brasdor's method
Brasenia
Brasenia schreberi
Brasil
Brasilia

Literary usage of Branta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"branta canadensis occidentalis. Winter visitant, breeding northeast of the Sierras. 172 c. ... branta canadensis minima. Winter visitant, 174. BLACK BRANT. ..."

2. The Birds of Eastern North America Known to Occur East of the Nineteenth by Charles Barney Cory, Field Museum of Natural History (1899)
"132 (173) branta BERNICLA. (Lira.) Brant. From Arctic Circle where it breeds; south in eastern North America to Georgia : accidental in Florida. ..."

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