OXYURA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oxyura mean? 

• OXYURA (noun)
  The noun OXYURA has 1 sense:

1. ruddy duck

  Familiarity information: OXYURA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OXYURA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ruddy duck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Oxyura; Oxyura

Hypernyms ("Oxyura" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Oxyura"):

Oxyura jamaicensis; ruddy duck (reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America)

Holonyms ("Oxyura" is a member of...):

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