brant

Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

brant(n = noun.animal) brant goose, brent, brent goose - small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward; Array

is a kind of goose

is a member of branta, genus branta

has particulars: branta bernicla, common brant goose

brant, n. [Cf.Brand goose, Brent, Brenicle.].

A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species. [1913 Webster]

brant, a. [See Brent.].

Steep. [1913 Webster]

brant, a. [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.].

Steep; high. [1913 Webster]
"Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them." [1913 Webster]
Smooth; unwrinkled. [1913 Webster]
"Your bonnie brow was brent." [1913 Webster]

brant, US var. of BRENT.

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