[brant] 
) brant. | any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, esp. B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn. |
[brant] | 1. | Joseph (Thayendanegea), 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution. |
| 2. | a male given name. |
| brant (brānt) n. pl. brant or brants Any of several small, dark wild geese of the genus Branta that breed in Arctic regions, especially B. bernicla, having a black neck and head. [Variant of brent(-goose), possibly from Middle English brende, brindled; see brindled.] |
| Brant (brānt) Mohawk leader who supported the British in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. |
brant
(Branta bernicla), water bird that resembles small, short-necked forms of the Canada goose but is much darker and, though black-necked and black-headed, lacks white cheeks; instead it has a more or less extensive narrow white neck ring and is "bibbed" like the barnacle goose. It breeds in the Arctic and winters southward into Eurasia and North America. See also barnacle goose.
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