Definitions
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
Word origin
From New Latin/Medieval Latin Branta, latinized form of Old Norse brandgás (“sheldrake”), literally "burnt (black) goose," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“burning”) + *gans (“goose”).
Used in a sentence
“I have given you roe and reindeer, / I have given you brant and beaver, / Filled the marshes full of wild-fowl, / Filled the rivers full of fishes; / Why then are you not contented? / Why then will you hunt each other?”
“Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.”
“Your bonnie brow was brent.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Dark sea goose”5 letters
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