trumpeter swan

American  

noun

1. a large, pure-white, wild swan, Cygnus buccinator, of North America, having a sonorous cry: once near extinction, the species is now recovering.

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trumpeter swan British  

noun

1. a large swan, Cygnus buccinator , of W North America, having a white plumage and black bill

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Etymology

Origin of trumpeter swan

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

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trumpeter swan

Since that first hatch in 1998, 699 known trumpeter swan nests have occurred in Iowa.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 22, 2020

The last wild trumpeter swan in Ontario was recorded shot in 1886.

From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2019

The trumpeter swan has a small, flap-covered hole on its neck to drain saliva.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2018

At the best of times, Gord’s vibrato evokes something between a trumpeter swan and a rusty weathervane.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2016

The whooping crane, the sage grouse, the trumpeter swan, the wild turkey, and the upland plover never will come back to us, and nothing that we can do ever will bring them back.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple