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TADORNA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sheldrakes

Synonyms:

genus Tadorna; Tadorna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Tadorna"):

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

Holonyms ("Tadorna" 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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