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ANAS RUBRIPES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Anas rubripes mean?
• ANAS RUBRIPES (noun)
The noun ANAS RUBRIPES has 1 sense:
1. a dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada
Familiarity information: ANAS RUBRIPES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anas rubripes; black duck
Hypernyms ("Anas rubripes" 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 rubripes" is a member of...):
Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)
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