Swan
Swans, genus Cygnus, are birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae. There are six or seven species of swan in the genus Cygnus; in addition there is another species known as the Coscoroba Swan, although this species is no longer considered one of the true swans. Swans usually mate for life, though 'divorce' does sometimes occur, particularly following nesting failure. The number of eggs in each clutch ranges from three to eight.
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... The railway station of Swan View was the important control point for traffic through and around the Swan View Tunnel until it closed for traffic on 13 ... Today, Swan View is served by Transperth buses from Midland, operated by the Public Transport Authority, while the Transwa Avonlink/Prospector railway line to Northam and beyond runs along Swan ...
... The horse and the swan have special significance ... The swan, a traditional symbol of beauty and harmonious union, can represent the woman ... Thus, the horse's defeat of the swan symbolizes Doon's ultimate conquest of the woman ...
... A swan neck duct is a jet engine component, usually situated within the compression or turbine expansion system ... shape of the resulting passageway is often similar to that of a swan or goose neck ... Consequently, such a passageway is called a swan (or goose) neck duct ...
... Thomas Walter Swan (December 20, 1877 – July 13, 1975) was a longtime Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ... Swan was born and raised in Connecticut, and attended Yale University and Harvard Law School ... In 1926, President Calvin Coolidge nominated Swan to be a Judge of the Second Circuit ...
... Swan is an unincorporated community in east central Smith County, Texas, United States ... According to the Handbook of Texas, in "...1892 Swan had a population of 200, ten fruit growers, a blacksmith, a carpenter, two doctors, a railroad agent, three schoolteachers, three cotton ... Swan is currently home to a long-standing popular motorcross track ...
More definitions of "swan":
- (verb): Sweep majestically.
Example: "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"
- (noun): Stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult.
Famous quotes containing the word swan:
“The snow, which doth the top of Pindus strew,
Did never whiter shew,
Nor Jove himself, when he a swan would be
For love of Leda, whiter did appear:”
—Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)
“When the swan must fix his eye
Upon a fading gleam,
Float out upon a long
Last reach of glittering stream
And there sing his last song.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Love that had robbed us of immortal things,
This little moment mercifully gave,
Where I have seen across the twilight wave
The swan sail with her young beneath her wings.”
—George Meredith (1828–1909)