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Definition of Suborder anseres
1. Noun. Used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Anseriformes, Order Anseriformes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suborder Anseres
Literary usage of Suborder anseres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"... suborder Anseres. The were somewhat larger than in the Ostrich ; and the
cranium, is estimated to have been fifteen inches in length, had the al margins ..."
2. A Manual of Palæontology, for the Use of Students: With a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"... having a bony bridge over the extensor tendons, but makes a curious approximation
in shape to that of certain members of the Carinate suborder Anseres. ..."
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