anseres
NounSynonyms:
suborder Anseres
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family AnatidaeSynonyms: suborder AnseresType of animal orderMember of Anseriformes, order Anseriformes
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
An′se·res (…), plural noun
Origin: L., geese.
Zoology A Linnæan order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54