English > family Anatidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks. |
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| Synonym | Anatidae |
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| Member of | Anseriformes, order Anseriformes | ducks |
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| Members | Aix, genus Aix | wood duck and mandarin duck |
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| Anas, genus Anas | type genus of the Anatidae |
| Anser, genus Anser | typical geese |
| Anserinae, subfamily Anserinae | Used in some classifications for the swans |
| Aythya, genus Aythya | canvasback |
| Branta, genus Branta | wild geese |
| Bucephala, genus Bucephala | buffleheads and goldeneyes |
| Cairina, genus Cairina | A genus of Anatidae |
| Cygnus, genus Cygnus | A genus of Anatidae |
| Melanitta, genus Melanitta | scoters |
| Merginae, subfamily Merginae | mergansers and closely related diving birds |
| Oxyura, genus Oxyura | ruddy duck |
| Somateria, genus Somateria | eider ducks |
| Tadorna, genus Tadorna | sheldrakes |
| duck | small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs |
| genus Coscoroba | A genus of Anatidae |
| goose | web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger / larger and less aquatic than ducks |
| swan | stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult |
| Broader | bird family | A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
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| Spanish | anátidos |
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| Catalan | anàtids |
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