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Definition of Anseriformes
1. Noun. Ducks; geese; swans; screamers.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Aves, Class Aves
Member holonyms: Anseriform Bird, Anatidae, Family Anatidae, Anseres, Suborder Anseres, Anhimidae, Family Anhimidae
Definition of Anseriformes
1. n. pl. A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms.
Medical Definition of Anseriformes
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anseriformes
Literary usage of Anseriformes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"The eggs are two in number, and are of a chalky-white. Axis, 3'55-37 inches;
diam., 1-15. THE GEESE, SWANS, AND DUCKS. ORDER anseriformes. ..."
2. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1896)
"London, 1895, pp. 271-273, pi. xvii. Order anseriformes. Catalogue of ; SALVADORI,
Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii, pp. 1-493, pis. iv. Suborder PALAMEDE^E. Chauna ..."
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