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OXYURA JAMAICENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oxyura jamaicensis mean? 

OXYURA JAMAICENSIS (noun)
  The noun OXYURA JAMAICENSIS has 1 sense:

1. reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South Americaplay

  Familiarity information: OXYURA JAMAICENSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OXYURA JAMAICENSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Oxyura jamaicensis; ruddy duck

Hypernyms ("Oxyura jamaicensis" is a kind of...):

duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)

Holonyms ("Oxyura jamaicensis" is a member of...):

genus Oxyura; Oxyura (ruddy duck)


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