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AIX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Wood duck and mandarin duck

Synonyms:

Aix; genus Aix

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Aix" 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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