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| branta canadensis
Brant
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Brant has 1 sense
- brant(n = noun.animal) brant goose, brent, brent goose - small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward; Array is a kind of goose
is a member of branta, genus branta
has particulars: branta bernicla, common brant goose
CIDE DICTIONARY
A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla ) -- called also brent and brand goose . The name is also applied to other related species. [1913 Webster]
Brant, a. [See Brent.].
Steep. [1913 Webster]
Brant, a. [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.].
- Steep; high. [1913 Webster]"Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them." [1913 Webster]
- Smooth; unwrinkled. [1913 Webster]"Your bonnie brow was brent." [1913 Webster]
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