We found 1 definitions of genus cygnus from 1 different sources.
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genus cygnus - a genus of Anatidae | ||
Cygnus, 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 |