brant

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.

Adj

1. steep, precipitous.
2. smooth; unwrinkled

Sinônimos

brent goose

brand goose

brant goose

brent

common brant goose

drake

male goose

gander

barnacle goose

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/bɹænt/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From New Latin/Medieval Latin Branta, latinized form of Old Norse brandgás (“sheldrake”), literally "burnt (black) goose," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“burning”) + *gans (“goose”).