brent goose

British  

/ brɛnt /

noun

1. Also called: brent.   brant.  a small goose, Branta bernicla, that has a dark grey plumage and short neck and occurs in most northern coastal regions

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Etymology

Origin of brent goose

C16: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse brandgās sheldrake

Example Sentences

The distant flocks of knot looked like lit dust scattered over the falling tide, while the bulky brent geese shrank to inky calligraphy against the huge sky.

From The Guardian

From high overhead there fell a harsh, clanging cry, and the girl, looking up, saw a flock of brent geese picked out in a wedge against the sky.

From Project Gutenberg

Young and Petersen shot some brent geese; Walker saw two deer, but he was botanizing, and had no gun; others were seen by some of the men, and followed, but without success.

From Project Gutenberg

He would tell of immense flocks of widgeon, of banks of brent geese, and clouds of dunlin.

From Project Gutenberg

An hour or two after the antelope, or the brent geese in the sloos in fall and spring, when the salt pork runs out.

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