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Definition of Anseres

1. Noun. Used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae.

Definition of Anseres

1. n. pl. A Linnæan 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.

Medical Definition of Anseres

1. 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. Origin: L, geese. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Anseres

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"There are about 78 genera and 552 species of anseres, giving 69 species to a ... The distribution of the anseres, being more deter^ mined by temperature ..."

2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"... Texas, Louisiana, and Florida, and casually to California (Humboldt Bay), Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Nova Scotia. ORDER anseres. ..."

3. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"Order V. anseres. DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS. Family ANATIDAE. The birds comprising this family are of greatly varying sizes, but all have webbed feet, ..."

4. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania: With Special Reference to the Food by Benjamin Harry Warren (1890)
"... possession of a gentleman residing at Renovo, Pa., a delightful summer resort in the mountains, on the Philadelphia and Erie railroad. ORDER anseres. ..."

5. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"... but with far closer affinities to the swimming anseres. It is therefore not surprising to find that they swim well, and Mr. Blandford states that on one ..."

6. The Birds of Ontario: Being a Concise Account of Every Species of Bird Known by Thomas McIlwraith (1894)
"... thousands of these birds are permanent residents on Great Salt Lake, Utah, where they breed on the islands twenty miles out in the lake. ORDER anseres. ..."

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