GENUS TADORNA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Sheldrakes

Synonyms:

genus Tadorna; Tadorna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Tadorna"):

sheldrake (Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill)

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

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