"coscoroba" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: coscorobas [plural]
Etymology: Not certain. From a local South American (perhaps specifically Chilean) name, which probably entered English via Spanish; perhaps related to Tupi casaroba, saroba. Head templates: {{en-noun}} coscoroba (plural coscorobas)
  1. A bird of the genus Coscoroba, the only swan not belonging to Cygnus. Categories (lifeform): Anatids Synonyms: coscoroba swan Derived forms: coscoroba swan Translations (coscoroba swan): coscorobazwaan (Dutch)

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          "ref": "1950, Parks & Recreation",
          "text": "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 [...]",
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          "ref": "1969, Sidney Dillon Ripley, A paddling of ducks",
          "text": "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, [...]",
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          "text": "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."
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