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cobswans

cobswans is the plural of cobswan.

Meaning of cobswan

Noun

cobswan (plural cobswans)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A large male swan.
    • I'am not taken / With a Cob-Swan, or a high-mounting Bull / As fooliſh Leda and Europa were.1611, Ben[jamin] Jonson, Catiline His Conspiracy, London: […] [William Stansby?] for Walter Burre, →OCLC, Act II

Questions about cobswans

What is cobswans the plural of?
Cobswans is the plural of cobswan.

Words near cobswans in the dictionary

  1. cobrotoxins
  2. cobs
  3. cobstone
  4. cobstones
  5. cobswan
  6. cobswans
  7. cobuild
  8. cobuilder
  9. cobuilders
  10. cobuilding
  11. cobuilds

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