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Definition of Cygnus olor
1. Noun. Soundless Eurasian swan; commonly domesticated.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cygnus Olor
Literary usage of Cygnus olor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1895)
"3 (Haar- Cygnus olor a. immutabilis, Bp. Compt. Send, xliii. p. ... Cygnus olor
2 x Anser cinereus ci , Leverk. 1. cpp 218. i is immutabilis x (Bernicla ..."
2. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark: To the by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Elliott Coues, Thomas Jefferson (1893)
"Our common American or whistling swan is therefore to be known as Cygnus (Olor)
columbianus, while the trumpeter retains the specific designation bestowed ..."
3. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1892)
"Cygnus olor (Gm.). Breeds in small numbers on some of the greater lakes. The "Anas
cygnus" of Bock ('Naturforscher,' 1778) is not the Anas cygnus of ..."
4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"As a matter of fact, Mr. Jacob Ruppert a number of years ago introduced the
European Mute Swan, Cygnus olor, in the large cove between Staatsburgh and ..."
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