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ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Anas platyrhynchos mean?
• ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS (noun)
The noun ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS has 1 sense:
1. wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed
Familiarity information: ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anas platyrhynchos; mallard
Hypernyms ("Anas platyrhynchos" 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 platyrhynchos" is a member of...):
Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)
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