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Webster 1913 Edition
Coscoroba
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Cosˊco-ro′ba
(k?sˊk?-r?′b?)
, Noun.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
A large, white, South American duck, of the genus
Cascoroba
, resembling a swan. Definition 2024
Coscoroba
Coscoroba
See also: coscoroba
Translingual
Proper noun
Coscoroba f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Anatidae – the coscoroba swan.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Aves - class; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Anseriformes - order; Anatidae - family; Anserinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Coscoroba coscoroba - species
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276