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CAIRINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cairina mean? 

CAIRINA (noun)
  The noun CAIRINA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Anatidaeplay

  Familiarity information: CAIRINA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CAIRINA (noun)


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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