A class or type of person or thing marked in some distinctive way. A flock of swans marked with the same identifying brand. Cf. swan-mark, n. Obsolete…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Cyginae (swans) > [noun] > member of genus Cygnus (miscellaneous) > cygnus olor (common swan) > branded swan(s) (3) mark1482 A class or type of person or thing marked in some distinctive way. A flock of swans marked with the same identifying brand. Cf. swan-mark, n. Obsolete… swan-mark1550 An official mark of ownership cut on the beak of a swan, on the occasion of swan-upping (swan-upping, n.). ground-bird1560 Applied to a particular swan out of a ‘game’, or perhaps more than one, possibly as being the due of the owner of the land. Obsolete. |
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