Definition of cygnus Cygnus
/sɪˈgnʌs/ - [signus] - Cyg•nus
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What does cygnus mean?
WordNet
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| cygnus - a genus of Anatidae | ||
| genus Cygnus | ||
| bird genus a genus of birds | ||
| anatidae, family anatidae swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks | ||
| cygnus olor, mute swan soundless Eurasian swan; commonly domesticated | ||
| cygnus cygnus, whooper swan, whooper common Old World swan noted for its whooping call | ||
| cygnus columbianus, tundra swan swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds | ||
| cygnus buccinator, trumpeter swan, trumpeter large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry | ||
| cygnus - a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Pegasus and Draco in the Milky Way; contains a black hole | ||
| deneb the brightest star in Cygnus | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cygnus (n.)
A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, or following, Lyra; the Swan.
