Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small wild goose (Branta bernicla) that breeds in Arctic regions and has a black neck and head.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
brent-goose . - Steep; precipitous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A species of wild goose (
Branta bernicla ) -- called alsobrent andbrand goose . The name is also applied to other related species. - adjective Prov. Eng. Steep.
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- adjective dialectal
Steep ,precipitous . - noun Any of several
wild geese , of the genusBranta , that breed in theArctic , but especially thebrent goose ,Branta bernicla .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Yes," they replied, at once; for the brant is a bird of a very obliging disposition.
The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends Cornelius Mathews 1853
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a part of their wings black and much larger than the Grey brant which is a Sise larger than a Duck.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791
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Written questions are welcome at any time before the meeting, please submit to brant. petrick@gsa.gov.
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Etymology: Middle English braundisshen, from Anglo-French brandiss-, stem of brandir, from brant, braund sword, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English brand
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on gun registration, and guns at POTUS speeches: 2009
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Bird Hunting alaska pintail brant wigeon scaup canada geese snow geese greater white-fronted geese tundra swan photos gallery teshekpuk big oil company
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This is particularly true of the Teshekpuk Lake area, where many thousands of birds, including spectacled eiders, yellow-billed loons, snow geese, Pacific black brant, and tundra swans, all nest and in some cases take advantage of the area's remoteness to molt.
The Flight Steve Ersinghaus 2009
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I saw the usual assortment of indistinguishable scoters, some oldsquaws, a small flock of brant, and a northern gannet.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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I saw the usual assortment of indistinguishable scoters, some oldsquaws, a small flock of brant, and a northern gannet.
crazy? 2009
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Yesterday's birding at Colt State Park in Rhode Island yielded two sure signs of winter: horned larks and brant.
still here 2008
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Yesterday's birding at Colt State Park in Rhode Island yielded two sure signs of winter: horned larks and brant.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
madmouth commented on the word brant
but not this year
September 21, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word brant
Steep. a brant hill. Northumbrian provincial term recorded in Grose's A Provincial Glossary, 1787.
May 5, 2011