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[syn: common brant goose, Branta bernicla]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Brand goose \Brand" goose`\ [Prob. fr. 1st brand + goose: cf.
Sw. brandg[*a]s. Cf. Brant.] (Zool.)
A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in
America brant. See Brant.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Brant \Brant\ (br[a^]nt), n. [Cf.Brand goose, Brent,
Brenicle.] (Zool.)
A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also
brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other
related species.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Branta bernicla
n 1: the best known variety of brant goose [syn: common brant
goose, Branta bernicla]