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ANAS ACUTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anas acuta mean? 

ANAS ACUTA (noun)
  The noun ANAS ACUTA has 1 sense:

1. long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathersplay

  Familiarity information: ANAS ACUTA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANAS ACUTA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anas acuta; pin-tailed duck; pintail

Hypernyms ("Anas acuta" is a kind of...):

duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)

Holonyms ("Anas acuta" is a member of...):

Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)


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