brent goose

/ brɛnt /

noun

1. a small goose, Branta bernicla, that has a dark grey plumage and short neck and occurs in most northern coastal regions Also calledbrentesp US and Canadianbrant

Word History and Origins

Origin of brent goose¹

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

On the 8th June the first ducks and brent geese were seen flying northward.

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

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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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