Branta bernicla

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Branta bernicla
    n 1: the best known variety of brant goose [syn: {common brant
         goose}, {Branta bernicla}]

from 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}.
   [1913 Webster]

from 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.
   [1913 Webster]

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