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AIX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Aix mean?
• AIX (noun)
The noun AIX has 1 sense:
1. wood duck and mandarin duck
Familiarity information: AIX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wood duck and mandarin duck
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Aix; genus Aix
Hypernyms ("Aix" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Aix"):
Aix sponsa; summer duck; wood duck; wood widgeon (showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees)
Aix galericulata; mandarin duck (showy crested Asiatic duck; often domesticated)
Holonyms ("Aix" 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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