swan upping

noun

An annual swan census in Britain in which mute swans on the River Thames are rounded up, caught, marked, and released.

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Meanings

nounswan upping (countable and uncountable, plural swan uppings)

plural swan uppings

  1. countableuncountableAn annual swan census in Britain in which mute swans on the River Thames are rounded up, caught, marked, and released.
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