mute swan

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   soundless Eurasian swan; commonly domesticated

   SynonymsCygnus olor

   Broaderswan

   Part ofCygnus

Questions about mute swan

What does mute swan mean?

mute swan means "soundless Eurasian swan; commonly domesticated".

What is another word for mute swan?

Close synonyms include Cygnus olor. 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 mute swan a common word?

mute swan is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.