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ANAS CLYPEATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anas clypeata mean? 

ANAS CLYPEATA (noun)
  The noun ANAS CLYPEATA has 1 sense:

1. freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat billplay

  Familiarity information: ANAS CLYPEATA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANAS CLYPEATA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anas clypeata; broadbill; shoveler; shoveller

Hypernyms ("Anas clypeata" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Anas clypeata" is a member of...):

Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)


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