Thesaurus: brant

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1. n. A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.
2. a. Steep.
3. a. Steep; high.
4. a. Smooth; unwrinkled.
5. n. small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
6. A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species. Steep. [Prov. Eng.] 1. Steep; high. [Obs.] Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. Ascham. 2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.] Your bonnie brow was brent. Burns.
7. A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brentand brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.
8. n. small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward