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    ANAS PENELOPE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and tealsplay

    Synonyms:

    Anas penelope; widgeon; wigeon

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Anas penelope" is a kind of...):

    duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Anas penelope"):

    American widgeon; Anas americana; baldpate (a widgeon the male of which has a white crown)

    Holonyms ("Anas penelope" is a member of...):

    Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)

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