BRENT GOOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brent goose mean? 

• BRENT GOOSE (noun)
  The noun BRENT GOOSE has 1 sense:

1. small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward

  Familiarity information: BRENT GOOSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRENT GOOSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

brant; brant goose; brent; brent goose

Hypernyms ("brent goose" is a kind of...):

goose (web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brent goose"):

Branta bernicla; common brant goose (the best known variety of brant goose)

Holonyms ("brent goose" is a member of...):

Branta; genus Branta (wild geese)