BUCEPHELA CLANGULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bucephela clangula mean? 

• BUCEPHELA CLANGULA (noun)
  The noun BUCEPHELA CLANGULA has 1 sense:

1. large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions

  Familiarity information: BUCEPHELA CLANGULA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUCEPHELA CLANGULA (noun)

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Meaning:

Large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bucephela clangula; goldeneye; whistler

Hypernyms ("Bucephela clangula" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Bucephela clangula"):

Barrow's goldeneye; Bucephala islandica (North American goldeneye diving duck)

Holonyms ("Bucephela clangula" is a member of...):

Bucephala; genus Bucephala (buffleheads and goldeneyes)