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COB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Adult male swan
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cob" is a kind of...):
swan (stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult)
Sense 2
Meaning:
White gull having a black back and wings
Synonyms:
black-backed gull; cob; great black-backed gull; Larus marinus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("cob" is a kind of...):
gull; sea gull; seagull (mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs)
Holonyms ("cob" is a member of...):
genus Larus; Larus (type genus of the Laridae)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Stocky short-legged harness horse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("cob" is a kind of...):
harness horse (horse used for pulling vehicles)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
Synonyms:
cob; cobnut; filbert; hazelnut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("cob" is a kind of...):
edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)
Holonyms ("cob" is a part of...):
hazel; hazelnut; hazelnut tree (any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk)
