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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large white swan (Cygnus cygnus) of Europe and Asia, having a loud whooping call.
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- noun A species of
swan ,Cygnus cygnus , of the taxonomic familyAnatidae .
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- noun common Old World swan noted for its whooping call
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