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Webster 1913 Edition


Brand goose

Brand′ gooseˊ

.
[Prob. fr. 1st
brand
+
goose
: cf. Sw.
brandgås
. Cf.
Brant
.]
(Zool.)
A species of wild goose (
Branta bernicla
) usually called in America
brant
. See
Brant
.