Definition of Cygnus atratus

1. Noun. Large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill.

Exact synonyms: Black Swan
Generic synonyms: Swan
Group relationships: Cygnus, Genus Cygnus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cygnus Atratus

Cyclopteridae
Cyclopterus
Cyclopterus lumpus
Cyclosorus
Cyclospora
Cyclosporeae
Cyclostomata
Cycnoches
Cyd
Cydippea
Cydippida
Cydippidea
Cydonia
Cydonia oblonga
Cygnus
Cygnus atratus (current term)
Cygnus buccinator
Cygnus columbianus
Cygnus columbianus bewickii
Cygnus columbianus columbianus
Cygnus cygnus
Cygnus olor
Cygwin
Cyllenean
Cyllenian
Cymatiidae
Cymric
Cymrics
Cymro-
Cymrophobia

Literary usage of Cygnus atratus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"Cygnus atratus, Steph. Cont. of Shaw's Gen. Zool., vol. xii. p. 18. ... Cygnus atratus, Gould, Birds of Australia, foL, vol. vii. pl. 6. ..."

2. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatises on the Principles of by William Somerville Orr (1855)
"Cygnus atratus (Lat. " a swan" and " black"), the black swan, 175. Cygnus Bewickii, Bewick's swan, 174. Cygnus ferns, (C. and Lat. ..."

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