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AYTHYA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.
Synonyms:
Aythya; genus Aythya
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Aythya" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Aythya"):
Aythya valisineria; canvasback; canvasback duck (North American wild duck valued for sport and food)
Aythya ferina; pochard (heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head)
Aythya americana; redhead (North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head)
bluebill; broadbill; scaup; scaup duck (diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill)
Holonyms ("Aythya" is a member of...):
Anatidae; family Anatidae (swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks)