aix sponsa

Questions about aix sponsa

What does aix sponsa mean?

aix sponsa means "showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees".

What is another word for aix sponsa?

Close synonyms include wood duck, summer duck, wood widgeon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aix sponsa a common word?

aix sponsa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for aix sponsa come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.