Coscoroba

Quick meaning: Coscoroba is a noun meaning A bird of the genus Coscoroba, the only swan not belonging to Cygnus.

Meaning

A bird of the genus Coscoroba, the only swan not belonging to Cygnus.

Example Sentences

The blacks produced four cygnets, the black-necks three, and the coscorobas six. Only one black swan cygnet died. Two coscoroba cygnets, unable to compete with their siblings, were taken at 28 days and hand-reared.

The coscorobas have a wonderfully detached, rather languid manner of rising from the water and flying, well befitting their aristocratic air. Graceful, too, in their smaller proportion were the brown or Chilean pintails, [...]

Their bills and legs are pink. The two babies are very light grey with dark markings. The coscorobas built a nest in February with twigs and brush provided by their keepers. The female laid two eggs, but one rolled into the pool and the other [...]

The history of the coscorobas at the Bronx Zoo is of particular interest because they were among the earliest acquisitions to the society's bird collection; four coscorobas from Brazil arrived on October 2, 1899, just a little over one month before [...]

Word Forms

• coscorobas

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