ANSERES
\ˈansəz], \ˈansəz], \ˈa_n_s_ə_z]\
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used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae
By Princeton University
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used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A Linnaean 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.
By Oddity Software
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A Linnaean 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.
By Noah Webster.
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[L.] (Zool.) Ord. of web-footed and lobatefooted birds, as ducks, grebes. Cosmopolitan.
By Henry Percy Smith
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