Akademik

Clangula

noun

a genus of ducks

• Syn: ↑genus Clangula

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Meronyms: ↑old squaw, ↑oldwife, ↑Clangula hyemalis

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\\ˈklaŋgyələ\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek klangē scream + New Latin -ula; akin to Latin clangere to scream — more at clang

: a genus containing such ducks as the old-squaw and formerly also the goldeneye

Useful english dictionary. 2012.