swan : Idioms & Phrases

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bewick's swan

  • noun Eurasian subspecies of tundra swan; smaller than the whooper
    Cygnus columbianus bewickii.
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black swan

  • noun large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill
    Cygnus atratus.
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Mute swan

  • noun soundless Eurasian swan; commonly domesticated
    Cygnus olor.
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  • (Zoöl.), a European wild white swan (Cygnus gibbus), which produces no loud notes.
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swan dive

  • noun a dive in which the diver arches the back with arms outstretched before entering the water
    swallow dive.
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Swan goose

  • (Zoöl.), a bird of India (Cygnopsis cygnoides) resembling both the swan and the goose.
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swan orchid

  • noun any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan
    swanflower; swan orchid; swanneck; swan-flower.
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swan river daisy

  • noun western Australian annual much cultivated for its flower heads with white or bluish to violet or variegated rays
    Brachycome Iberidifolia.
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swan river everlasting

  • noun Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Helipterum
    Helipterum manglesii; rhodanthe; Rhodanthe manglesii.
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Swan shot

  • a large size of shot used in fowling.
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swan song

  • noun a final performance or effort (especially before retirement)
    last hurrah.
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swan's down

  • noun soft woolen fabric used especially for baby clothes
  • noun down of the swan
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swan's-down

Swan's"-down`, Swans"-down` noun (Also<
  • Swan's-down
  • Swans-down
)
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  1. The down, or fine, soft feathers, of the swan, used on various articles of dress.
  2. A fine, soft, thick cloth of wool mixed with silk or cotton; a sort of twilled fustian, like moleskin.
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swan-flower

  • noun any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan
    swanflower; swan orchid; swanneck; swan-flower.
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swan-hopping

Swan"-hop`ping noun
Definitions
  1. A corruption of Swan-upping. Eng. Encyc. Brit.
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swan-neck

  • noun any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan
    swanflower; swan orchid; swanneck; swan-flower.
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swan-upping

Swan"-up`ping noun
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  1. A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans and mark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; -- called also swan-hopping. Eng. Encyc. Brit.
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trumpeter swan

  • noun large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry
    Cygnus buccinator; trumpeter.
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tundra swan

  • noun swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds
    Cygnus columbianus.
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Whistling swan

  • noun North American subspecies of tundra swan having a soft whistling note
    Cygnus columbianus columbianus.
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  • . (Zoöl.) (a) The European whooper swan; called also wild swan, and elk. (b) An American swan (Olor columbianus). See under Swan.
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whooper swan

  • noun common Old World swan noted for its whooping call
    Cygnus cygnus; whooper.
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Whooping swan

  • (Zoöl.), the whooper swan. See the Note under Swan.
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Woopher swan

  • . (Zoöl.) See the Note under Swan.
Webster 1913