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GENUS COSCOROBA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Coscoroba mean?
• GENUS COSCOROBA (noun)
The noun GENUS COSCOROBA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Anatidae
Familiarity information: GENUS COSCOROBA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Anatidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Coscoroba" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Coscoroba"):
coscoroba (large white South American bird intermediate in some respects between ducks and swans)
Holonyms ("genus Coscoroba" 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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