brent goose

English

Brent goose

Alternative forms

brant goose (US)

Etymology

The first word is perhaps from branded, meaning brindled.

Noun

brent goose (plural brent geese)

(Britain) A small member of the goose family (Anatidae), Branta bernicla.

Translations

Small member of the goose family

Danish: mørkbuget knortegås c
Esperanto: berniklo
Faroese: helsigás f
Finnish: sepelhanhi (fi)
German: Ringelgans (de) f
Greenlandic: nerlernaq
Icelandic: margæs (is) f

Ido: bernaklo (io)
Irish: cadhan m
Navajo: naalʼeełítsoh diłhiłígíí
Norman: (Guernsey) benêque f, (Guernsey) breune cônerote f, (Guernsey) ouvette f, (Jersey) bânêque f
Russian: чёрная каза́рка f (čórnaja kazárka)
Spanish: barnacla carinegra f
Swedish: prutgås (sv) c

See also

brent goose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Branta bernicla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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