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Definition of Cygnus atratus
1. Noun. Large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cygnus Atratus
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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