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brent goose
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noun
- 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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of brent goose1
C16: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse ²ú°ù²¹²Ô»å²µÄå²õ sheldrake
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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.
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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.
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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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