HyperDic: order_anseriformes

English > 1 sense of the expression order Anseriformes:
NOUNanimalorder Anseriformes, Anseriformesducks
English > order Anseriformes: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningducks; geese; swans; screamers.
SynonymAnseriformes
Member ofAves, class Aves(ornithology) the class of birds
MembersAnatidae, family Anatidaeswimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip
Anhimidae, family Anhimidaescreamers
Anseres, suborder AnseresUsed in some especially older classifications
anseriform birdchiefly web-footed swimming birds
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
Spanishanseriformes, Anseriformes, orden Anseriformes
CatalanAnseriforme, anseriformes, Anseriformes

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