mute swan

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mute swan

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So called because it is not very vocal (though not entirely mute).

noun mute swans

  1. A species of white plumaged swan, Cygnus olor, having a distinctive orange bill with a black tip, native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere as an ornamental waterbird.

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noun Cygnus olor

Españolcisne mudo
한국어혹고니 hokgoni
日本語瘤白鳥 kobuhakuchō
中文疣鼻天鵝 /疣鼻天鹅 yóubí tiān'é
Portuguêscisne-real, cisne-mudo
Françaiscygne muet, cygne tuberculé
DeutschHöckerschwan
Italianocigno reale
Ελληνικάκοινός κύκνος koinós kýknos, βουβόκυκνος vouvókyknos
Românălebădă de vară
Русскийле́бедь-шипу́н lébedʹ-šipún
Tiếng Việtthiên nga trắng
العربيةتَمّ أَخْرَس tamm ʔaḵras
עבריתברבור מצוי

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@misc{mute_swan_2026,
  title = {mute swan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mute%20swan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}