Home> Animals > Birds > Waterfowl Submit Your Photo Slide Show No 23 Of 33 Prev    Next Swan  Publish Date : 17-01-2008 Hits : 138 Rating : Not rated Swans are large water birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. The word is derived from Old English swan, akin to the German Schwan and Dutch zwaan, in turn derived from Indo-European root *swen (to sound, to sing), whence Latin derives sonus (sound). (Webster's New World Dictionary) Young swans are known as cygnets, from the Latin word for swan, cygnus. An adult male is a cob, from Middle English cobbe (leader of a group); an adult female is a pen (origin unknown). Rate This Photo 5 - Best4321 Add Your Comment Your Name * Your Comment * Enter Validation Code * Prev    Next