GENUS AIX

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Wood duck and mandarin duck

Synonyms:

Aix; genus Aix

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Aix" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Aix"):

Aix sponsa; summer duck; wood duck; wood widgeon (showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees)

Aix galericulata; mandarin duck (showy crested Asiatic duck; often domesticated)

Holonyms ("genus Aix" is a member of...):

Anatidae; family Anatidae (swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks)