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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward;
[syn: brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Brent \Brent\, Brant \Brant\, a. [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.] 1. Steep; high. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. --Ascham. [1913 Webster] 2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] Your bonnie brow was brent. --Burns. [1913 Webster]
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]
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Brant \Brant\, a. [See Brent.] Steep. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

brant n 1: small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward [syn: brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose]