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COSCOROBA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coscoroba mean? 

COSCOROBA (noun)
  The noun COSCOROBA has 1 sense:

1. large white South American bird intermediate in some respects between ducks and swansplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


COSCOROBA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large white South American bird intermediate in some respects between ducks and swans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("coscoroba" is a kind of...):

swan (stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult)

Holonyms ("coscoroba" is a member of...):

genus Coscoroba (a genus of Anatidae)


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