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ANAS CLYPEATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Anas clypeata mean?
• ANAS CLYPEATA (noun)
The noun ANAS CLYPEATA has 1 sense:
1. freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
Familiarity information: ANAS CLYPEATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anas clypeata; broadbill; shoveler; shoveller
Hypernyms ("Anas clypeata" 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 clypeata" is a member of...):
Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)
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