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ANAS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks
Synonyms:
Anas; genus Anas
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Anas" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Anas"):
Anas platyrhynchos; mallard (wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed)
Anas rubripes; black duck (a dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada)
teal (any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America)
Anas penelope; widgeon; wigeon (freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals)
Anas clypeata; broadbill; shoveler; shoveller (freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill)
Anas acuta; pin-tailed duck; pintail (long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers)
Holonyms ("Anas" is a member of...):
Anatidae; family Anatidae (swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks)
