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trumpeter swan
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trumpeter swan
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A large white swan (Olor buccinator) of western North America, having a loud buglelike call.
trumpeter swan
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large swan, Cygnus buccinator, of W North America, having a white plumage and black bill
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Noun1.trumpeter swan - large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous crytrumpeter swan - large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry
Cygnus buccinator, trumpeter
swan - stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
genus Cygnus, Cygnus - a genus of Anatidae
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