| NOUN | animal | genus Cygnus, Cygnus | a genus of Anatidae |
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| Meaning | A genus of Anatidae. | |
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| Synonym | Cygnus | |
| Member of | Anatidae, family Anatidae | swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip |
| Members | black swan, Cygnus atratus | large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill |
| mute swan, Cygnus olor | soundless Eurasian swan | |
| trumpeter, trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator | large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry | |
| tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus | swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds | |
| whooper, whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus | Common Old World swan noted for its whooping call | |
| Broader | bird genus | A genus of birds |
| Spanish | cygnus, genus cygnus | |
| Catalan | cygnus, genus cygnus | |
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