GENUS AYTHYA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aythya mean? 

• GENUS AYTHYA (noun)
  The noun GENUS AYTHYA has 1 sense:

1. canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.

  Familiarity information: GENUS AYTHYA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS AYTHYA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aythya; genus Aythya

Hypernyms ("genus Aythya" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Aythya"):

Aythya valisineria; canvasback; canvasback duck (North American wild duck valued for sport and food)

Aythya ferina; pochard (heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head)

Aythya americana; redhead (North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head)

bluebill; broadbill; scaup; scaup duck (diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill)

Holonyms ("genus Aythya" is a member of...):

Anatidae; family Anatidae (swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks)