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OXYURA JAMAICENSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oxyura jamaicensis mean?
• OXYURA JAMAICENSIS (noun)
The noun OXYURA JAMAICENSIS has 1 sense:
1. reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America
Familiarity information: OXYURA JAMAICENSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Oxyura jamaicensis; ruddy duck
Hypernyms ("Oxyura jamaicensis" is a kind of...):
duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)
Holonyms ("Oxyura jamaicensis" is a member of...):
genus Oxyura; Oxyura (ruddy duck)
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