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swan::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | aquatic bird |
| Has types | tundra swan, whooper, whooper swan, trumpeter swan, black swan, cob, coscoroba, cygnet, cygnus atratus, cygnus buccinator, cygnus columbianus, cygnus cygnus, cygnus olor, mute swan, pen, trumpeter |
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Most years see 4,000 to 5,000 swans stop by, but swan numbers can exceed 10,000.
From the post-gazette.com
Flop forward, because for swimming like a swan, you'll need to be on your belly.
From the washingtonpost.com
Swan Lake Iris Gardens features swans, black water lakes, azaleas and camellias.
From the thestate.com
The tundra swan, on the other hand, has a nicely curved forehead above its bill.
From the thenewstribune.com
As Odette's wicked double, the black swan Odile, she spins with fierce accuracy.
From the independent.co.uk
These people swan around acting like they own the place, mainly because they do.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Leda and the swan and Leda and the egg were popular subjects in the ancient art.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Clever swan wing doors pivot slightly upward when opened, avoiding curb scrapes.
From the nytimes.com
A few seasons ago a tundra swan that had been banded with a neck collar arrived.
From the courier-journal.com
- Affirm: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
- Stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
- Roll: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
- Sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"
- Aswan (English pronunciation: /u02CCu00E6su02C8wu0251u02D0n/; Egyptian Arabic: u0623u0633u0648u0627u0646u200Eu200E Aswu0101nu00A0 ; Ancient Egyptian: Swenett; Coptic: u2CA5u2C9Fu2CA9u2C81u2C9B Souan; Ancientu00A0Greek: u03A3u03C5u03AEu03BDu03B7 Syene), formerly spelled Assuan, is a city in the south of Egypt, the capital of the Aswan Governorate.
- Swans, genus Cygnus, are birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae. ...
- Justine Joli (born July 16, 1980) is the stage name of an American adult model and pornographic actress.
- The Swan Brewery was founded in central Perth, Australia in 1837. From 1879, it occupied riverside premises below Mount Eliza, displacing an official "Aboriginal institution" which recognised traditional use of the land by indigenous people .
- The Swan is a chair and a couch designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1958 for Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. It is manufactured by Danish furniture manufacturer Republic of Fritz Hansen.
