Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Anseres"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anseres \An"se*res\, n. pl. [L., geese.] (Zo["o]l.)
A Linn[ae]an 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Anseres
n : used in some especially older classifications; coextensive
with the family Anatidae [syn: {Anseres}, {suborder
Anseres}]
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