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black swan

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black swan
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large Australian swan, Cygnus atratus, that has a black plumage and red bill
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Noun1.black swan - large Australian swan having black plumage and a red billblack swan - large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill
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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Poulter, who was understood by the company at the Black Swan to have once struck terror into the hearts of the French, was no longer personally formidable.
Some fanciers caught at the idea without believing it practicable, but such is the power of imagination among florists, that although considering the undertaking as certain to fail, all their thoughts were engrossed by that great black tulip, which was looked upon to be as chimerical as the black swan of Horace or the white raven of French tradition.
That is, madam, as much as to say, `A rare bird upon the earth, and very like a black swan.
 
 
 
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