mute swan

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English[edit]

A mute swan.

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

mute swan (plural mute swans)

  1. 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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