| 单词 | brant-goose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrant-goose brant-goose n. (in 8 casually bran-goose, bran-goose, brand-goose; in English authors since Pennant more commonly brent-goose n. at brent n.) = main sense. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Branta > branta bernicla (brant) rood goose1531 brant1544 rout1550 brent1570 brant-goose1597 red goose1609 rot-goose1625 road-goose1673 rat goose1676 bra-goose1749 ware-goose1852 b. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1391 Foules, whom we call Barnakles, in the north of England Brant Geese. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. v. 156 One is black from the breast to the middle of the belly, called Brant Goose, Bernicla or Brenta. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 360 I am of opinion that the Brant-Goose differs specifically from the Bernacle, however writers of the History of Birds confound them. 1750 Smith's Compl. Housewife (ed. 14) 7 To chuse a Goose, wild Goose, and Bran-Goose. 1767 Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 212 He mentions the brand geese first. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies vii. 269 Swans and brant geese, harlequins and eiders. < as lemmas |
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