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A small member of the goose family (Anatidae), Branta bernicla.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brant, brant goose, road-goose, rood goose, rot-goose, rout, ware goose
Antonyms: none provided
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brant, brant goose, brent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: goose
Narrower terms: common brant goose, Branta bernicla
The first word is perhaps from branded, meaning brindled.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
чорная казарка
(čórnaja kazarka)
— small member of the goose family
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Catalan:
oca de collar
— small member of the goose family
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Chinese Mandarin:
黑雁
(hēi yàn)
— small member of the goose family
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Czech:
berneška tmavá
— small member of the goose family
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Danish:
mørkbuget knortegås
— small member of the goose family
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Danish:
knortegås
— small member of the goose family
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Dutch:
rotgans
— small member of the goose family
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Esperanto:
berniklo
— small member of the goose family
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Esperanto:
kolringa ansero
— small member of the goose family
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Estonian:
mustlagle
— small member of the goose family
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Faroese:
helsigás
— small member of the goose family
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Finnish:
sepelhanhi
— small member of the goose family
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French:
bernache cravant
— small member of the goose family
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German:
Ringelgans
— small member of the goose family
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Greek:
δαχτυλιδόχηνα
(dachtylidóchina)
— small member of the goose family
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Greenlandic:
nerlernaq
— small member of the goose family
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Hungarian:
örvös lúd
— small member of the goose family
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Icelandic:
margæs
— small member of the goose family
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Ido:
bernaklo
— small member of the goose family
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Irish:
cadhan
— small member of the goose family
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Japanese:
黒雁
(kokugan)
— small member of the goose family
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Kazakh:
қарашақаз
(qaraşaqaz)
— small member of the goose family
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Korean:
흑기러기
(heukgireogi)
— small member of the goose family
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Lithuanian:
paprastoji berniklė
— small member of the goose family
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Navajo:
naalʼeełítsoh diłhiłígíí
— small member of the goose family
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Norman:
benêque
— small member of the goose family
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Norman:
breune cônerote
— small member of the goose family
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Norman:
ouvette
— small member of the goose family
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Norman:
bânêque
— small member of the goose family
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Portuguese:
ganso-de-faces-negras
— small member of the goose family
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Romanian:
gâscă neagră
— small member of the goose family
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Russian:
чёрная каза́рка
(čórnaja kazárka)
— small member of the goose family
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Slovak:
bernikľa tmavá
— small member of the goose family
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Spanish:
barnacla carinegra
— small member of the goose family
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Swedish:
prutgås
— small member of the goose family
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Turkish:
yosun kazı
— small member of the goose family
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Ukrainian:
казарка чорна
(kazarka čorna)
— small member of the goose family
