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ANSERIFORMES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ducks; geese; swans; screamers

Synonyms:

Anseriformes; order Anseriformes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Anseriformes" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Anseriformes"):

anseriform bird (chiefly web-footed swimming birds)

Anatidae; family Anatidae (swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks)

Anseres; suborder Anseres (used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae)

Anhimidae; family Anhimidae (screamers)

Holonyms ("Anseriformes" is a member of...):

Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)

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