Brant
WordNet
noun
(1) Small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain but similar to Old Norse (sheldrake).
Noun
- Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.
Etymology 2
Old English brant. Cognate with Scots brent, Icelandic brattr.