brant : Idioms & Phrases

noun small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
brant; brent goose; brent.

For brand-fox; cf. G. brandfuchs, Sw. bradräf. So called from its yellowish brown and somewhat black color. See Brand.

(Zoöl.) A kind of fox found in Sweden (Vulpes alopex), smaller than the common fox (V. vulgaris), but probably a variety of it.