HyperDic: genus_aythya

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Aythya:
NOUNanimalgenus Aythya, Aythyacanvasback
English > genus Aythya: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningcanvasback; redhead; pochard; etc..
SynonymAythya
Member ofAnatidae, family Anatidaeswimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip
Memberscanvasback, canvasback duck, Aythya valisineriaNorth American wild duck valued for sport and food
pochard, Aythya ferinaHeavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head
redhead, Aythya americanaNorth American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head
scaup, scaup duck, bluebill, broadbilldiving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
Broaderbird genusA genus of birds
Spanishaythya, Aythya, género Aythya, genus aythya
Catalanaythya, genus aythya

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