black brant
noun
A brent goose of the subspecies Branta bernicla nigricans, having a very dark back and head and strongly contrasting white flank and breeding in Alaska.
- Formerly regarded as a separate species..
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in William Clark (1770–1838).
- firesider
- fire sign
- fire silvering
- fire-slaught
- fire spirit
- fire spout
- fire sprinkler
- fire starter
- fire station
- fire steel
- fire step
- fire stick
- fire-stick farming
- fire stink
- fire stone
- Firestone, Harvey Samuel
- firestop
- firestorm
- fire stream
- fire striker
- fire support
- fire-swallower
- nipple
- nipple cactus
- nipple clamp