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)

1. (British) 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
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• 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

Anagrams

• geosorbent