Meaning of ANSERES
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| | Definition: | | [n] used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae |
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| | Synonyms: | | suborder Anseres |
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| | See Also: | | animal order, Anseriformes, order Anseriformes | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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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