fluitzwaan

Dutch

Cygnus columbianus

Etymology

Compound of fluiten (“to whistle”) +‎ zwaan (“swan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflœy̯t.sʋaːn/

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• Hyphenation: fluit‧zwaan

Noun

fluitzwaan m (plural fluitzwanen)

1. whistling swan (Cygnus columbianus)

Further reading

• fluitzwaan on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl