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Aythya

noun

canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.

• Syn: ↑genus Aythya

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Anatidae, ↑family Anatidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑canvasback, ↑canvasback duck, ↑Aythya valisineria, ↑pochard, ↑Aythya ferina, ↑redhead, ↑Aythya americana, ↑scaup, ↑scaup duck, ↑bluebill, ↑broadbill

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\\īˈthīə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek aithyia, a kind of diving bird

: a genus of diving ducks including the canvasback, redhead, pochard, and related forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.