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Definition of Brant goose
1. Noun. Small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward.
Generic synonyms: Goose
Group relationships: Branta, Genus Branta
Specialized synonyms: Branta Bernicla, Common Brant Goose
Definition of Brant goose
1. Noun. (American English) (alternative form of brent goose) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brant Goose
Literary usage of Brant goose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Coues Check List of North American Birds by Elliott Coues (1882)
"Black brant goose. 702. Bernicla canadensis (L.) Boie. в 567. с 485. ... Brent or
brant goose is therefore simply burnt goose, from its blackish appearance, ..."
2. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1900)
"The brant goose is almost cosmopolitan in its distribution. ... The common Brant
Goose is said to breed in immense numbers in Spitzbergen and on the islands ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"This in the English translation of Cuvier is called the Brant-goose. Buffon also
calls the same bird the ... But in German, the Brant-goose is called Die ..."
4. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1882)
"BRANTA BERNICLA (L.) brant goose. Ana« bernicla, KIRTLAND, Prelim. Rep. ...
The brant goose is not unfrequently seen passing over us in the spring of the ..."
5. New England Bird Life: Being a Manual of New England Ornithology by Winfrid Alden Stearns, Elliott Coues (1883)
"BLACK brant goose. BERNICLA BRENTA NIGRICANS (Lawr.) Cones. Char.'!. Similar to
the last ; black of jugulum extending over most of the under parts, ..."
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