Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Cygnus cygnus m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Anatidae – the whooper swan.

Hypernyms

• (species): Anatidae - family; Anserinae - subfamily; Cygnus - genus

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276