Confused about Explicit Mapping in Synonym Graph

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I've read the document on Synonym Graph, but I am still confused about explicit mapping.

Assume that we have the following data:

horse
mouse
chicken
rooster
duck
cow

Let's assume the synonym file has the following entries:

cow=>duck

I am using Index-time synonyms. I am expecting if I search for cow, I will only get duck. If I search for duck, I will also only get duck. But that's not the case.

Query: PREFIX query to search for cow
Expected result: duck only
Actual Result: No result!!

Query: PREFIX query to search for duck
Expected result: duck only
Actual Result: both cow and duck

"query": {
    "prefix": {
      "animal": "cow" (or change it to "duck")
  }
}

Why is it that when searching for cow, I get no results, and when searching for duck, both cow and duck are returned? Is my understanding incorrect?

For good measures, I did MATCH query on cow and duck as well. Both returned cow and duck. Still not what I was expecting.

"query": {
    "match": {
      "animal": "cow" (or change it to "duck")
  }
}
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