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ANAS PENELOPE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals
Synonyms:
Anas penelope; widgeon; wigeon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Anas penelope" is a kind of...):
duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Anas penelope"):
American widgeon; Anas americana; baldpate (a widgeon the male of which has a white crown)
Holonyms ("Anas penelope" is a member of...):
Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)