English > genus Branta: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | wild geese. |
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Synonym | Branta |
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Member of | Anatidae, family Anatidae | swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip |
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Members | barnacle goose, barnacle, Branta leucopsis | European goose smaller than the brant |
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brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose | small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward |
honker, Canada goose, Canadian goose, Branta canadensis | Common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call |
Broader | bird genus | A genus of birds |
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Spanish | branta, Branta, género Branta, genus branta |
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Catalan | branta, genus branta |
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