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CAIRINA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cairina mean?
• CAIRINA (noun)
The noun CAIRINA has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: CAIRINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Anatidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cairina; genus Cairina
Hypernyms ("Cairina" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Cairina"):
Cairina moschata; muscovy duck; musk duck (large crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated)
Holonyms ("Cairina" is a member of...):
Anatidae; family Anatidae (swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks)
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