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Definition of Aythya
1. Noun. Canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc..
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Anatidae, Family Anatidae
Member holonyms: Aythya Valisineria, Canvasback, Canvasback Duck, Aythya Ferina, Pochard, Aythya Americana, Redhead, Bluebill, Broadbill, Scaup, Scaup Duck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aythya
Literary usage of Aythya
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1907)
"RED-HEAD (Aythya americana). This species is rather common coastwise and is found
... AMERICAN SCAUP (Aythya marua). The occurrence of this species is ..."
2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1895)
"Aythya vallisneria BOIE, Isis, 1826, 980. [B 592, C 504, R 617, C 724.] GEOG.
DIST. ... Aythya marila nearctica STEJN. American Scaup Duck. ..."
3. Birds of the Kotzebue Sound Region, Alaska by Joseph Grinnell (1900)
"STATUS—Fairly common winter visitant on salt and brackish water coastwise: south
to San Diego Bay. • (149) Aythya affinis (Eyton) Stejneger. ..."
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