Akademik

Anseriformes

noun

ducks; geese; swans; screamers

• Syn: ↑order Anseriformes

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves

• Member Meronyms:

↑anseriform bird, ↑Anatidae, ↑family Anatidae, ↑Anseres, ↑suborder Anseres, ↑Anhimidae, ↑family Anhimidae

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈfȯrˌmēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Anser + -iformes

: an order of birds comprising the ducks, geese, swans, and mergansers and the screamers — see anseres

Useful english dictionary. 2012.