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TUNDRA SWAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tundra swan mean? 

TUNDRA SWAN (noun)
  The noun TUNDRA SWAN has 1 sense:

1. swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worldsplay

  Familiarity information: TUNDRA SWAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TUNDRA SWAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cygnus columbianus; tundra swan

Hypernyms ("tundra swan" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tundra swan"):

Cygnus columbianus columbianus; whistling swan (North American subspecies of tundra swan having a soft whistling note)

Bewick's swan; Cygnus columbianus bewickii (Eurasian subspecies of tundra swan; smaller than the whooper)

Holonyms ("tundra swan" is a member of...):

Cygnus; genus Cygnus (a genus of Anatidae)


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