coscoroba

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词形变化

coscorobas 复数 coscorobas

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A bird of the genus Coscoroba, the only swan not belonging to Cygnus.

    The blacks produced four cygnets, the black-necks three, and the coscorobas six. Only one black swan cygnet died. Two coscoroba cygnets, unable to compete with their siblings, were taken at 28 days and hand-reared.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

swan

相关短语

coscoroba swan coscoroba swans

词源

Not certain. From a local South American (perhaps specifically Chilean) name, which probably entered English via Spanish; perhaps related to Tupi casaroba, saroba.

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