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Meaning of ANSERES

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae
 

ANSERES is a 7 letter word that starts with A.

 

 Synonyms: suborder Anseres
 
 See Also: animal order, Anseriformes, order Anseriformes

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\An"se*res\, n. pl. [L., geese.] (Zo["o]l.)
A Linn[ae]an 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.
 

 

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