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Anatidae

noun

swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Anseriformes, ↑order Anseriformes

• Member Meronyms:

↑duck, ↑Anas, ↑genus Anas, ↑Tadorna, ↑genus Tadorna, ↑Oxyura, ↑genus Oxyura, ↑Bucephala, ↑genus Bucephala, ↑Aythya, ↑genus Aythya, ↑Aix, ↑genus Aix, ↑Cairina, ↑genus Cairina, ↑Somateria, ↑genus Somateria, ↑Melanitta, ↑genus Melanitta, ↑Merginae, ↑subfamily Merginae, ↑goose, ↑Anser, ↑genus Anser, ↑Branta, ↑genus Branta, ↑Anserinae, ↑subfamily Anserinae, ↑genus Coscoroba, ↑swan, ↑Cygnus, ↑genus Cygnus

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\\əˈnad.əˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Anat-, Anas, type genus + -idae

: a large family of chiefly aquatic birds (order Anseriformes) having relatively heavy bodies, short legs, webbed feet, a bill with a hard horny nail at the tip and transverse toothlike ridges on the biting edges and including the ducks, geese, swans, and related forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.