cygnus atratus

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   large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill

   Synonymsblack swan

   Broaderswan

   Part ofCygnus

Questions about cygnus atratus

What does cygnus atratus mean?

cygnus atratus means "large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill".

What is another word for cygnus atratus?

Close synonyms include black swan. 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 cygnus atratus a common word?

cygnus atratus 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.