GENUS TADORNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tadorna mean? 

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

1. sheldrakes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS TADORNA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sheldrakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Tadorna; Tadorna

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Tadorna"):

sheldrake (Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill)

Holonyms ("genus Tadorna" is a member of...):

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