mute swan

noun

Etymology

So called because it is not very vocal (though not entirely mute).

Definitions

  1. A species of white plumaged swan, Cygnus olor, having a distinctive orange bill with a…

    A species of white plumaged swan, Cygnus olor, having a distinctive orange bill with a black tip, native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere as an ornamental waterbird.

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