BRENT-GOOSE
\bɹˈɛntɡˈuːs], \bɹˈɛntɡˈuːs], \b_ɹ_ˈɛ_n_t_ɡ_ˈuː_s]\
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brent'-g[=oo]s, n. a small species of wild goose, having the head, neck, long wing feathers, and tail black, the belly white, the rest slaty-gray--it visits the British coasts in winter.--Also BRANT'-GOOSE, or BRENT BARNACLE, and often confounded with the barnacle goose. [Prob. branded = brindled.]
By Thomas Davidson
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