mute swan

n. A white swan (Cygnus olor) native to Europe and Asia and widely introduced elsewhere, having an orange bill with a black knob at the base and being the least vocal of the swans.

mute swan

n (Animals) a Eurasian swan, Cygnus olor, with a pure white plumage, an orange-red bill with a black base, and a curved neck. Compare whistling swan

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n. a soundless white Eurasian swan, Cygnus olor, widely introduced in other parts of the world. [1775–85]

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mute swan - soundless Eurasian swan; commonly domesticatedCygnus olorswan - stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adultgenus Cygnus, Cygnus - a genus of Anatidae

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mute swan

a Eurasian swan, Cygnus olor, with a pure white plumage, an orange-red bill with a black base, and a curved neck

Mute Swan

(Cygnus olor), a bird of the order Anseriformes. The body measures about 1.5 m in length. The plumage of the adult is white, and of the young, gray. The bill is red, except for the knob at the base and the tip, which are black. The mute swan is found sporadically in Europe, Asia Minor, Middle Asia, and Central Asia. In the USSR it is found in Estonia and Lithuania, along the lower courses of the Danube, Dnestr, and Volga rivers, in southwestern Siberia, and in Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, and Transbaikalia. The mute swan inhabits large lakes with reed thickets. It winters on the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian seas and in Middle Asia. The clutch contains seven to nine eggs, which are incubated for 35 days. The diet consists of aquatic vegetation. The mute swan is a protected species and hunting is prohibited by law. Domesticated mute swans are found in parks.

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noun soundless Eurasian swan

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