trumpeter swan

trumpeter swan

n.

A large white swan (Cygnus buccinator) of western and central North America, having a loud buglelike call.

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trumpeter swan

n

(Animals) a large swan, Cygnus buccinator, of W North America, having a white plumage and black bill

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trum′peter swan`

n.

a large wild swan, Cygnus buccinator, of North America, having a sonorous cry.

[1700–10]

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trumpeter 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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