GENUS AIX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aix mean? 

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

1. wood duck and mandarin duck

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS AIX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wood duck and mandarin duck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aix; genus Aix

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Aix" is a member of...):

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