branta bernicla

3 definitions found

branta bernicla - 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]

  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]

branta bernicla - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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