whistling swan

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   North American subspecies of tundra swan having a soft whistling note

   SynonymsCygnus columbianus columbianus

   Broadertundra swan

Questions about whistling swan

What does whistling swan mean?

whistling swan means "North American subspecies of tundra swan having a soft whistling note".

What is another word for whistling swan?

Close synonyms include Cygnus columbianus columbianus. 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 whistling swan a common word?

whistling swan 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.