swans
noun
Meaning
- Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
- One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
- This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire).
- To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.
- To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).
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