suborder Anseres

suborder Anseres
noun
used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae
Syn: ↑Anseres
Hypernyms: ↑animal order
Member Holonyms: ↑Anseriformes, ↑order Anseriformes

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  • Anseres — noun used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae • Syn: ↑suborder Anseres • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Anseriformes, ↑order Anseriformes * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌrēz …   Useful english dictionary

  • animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order …   Useful english dictionary

  • Anseriformes — noun ducks; geese; swans; screamers • Syn: ↑order Anseriformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves • Member Meronyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • order Anseriformes — noun ducks; geese; swans; screamers • Syn: ↑Anseriformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves • Member Meronyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • Anatidae — ▪ bird family       bird family that includes ducks, geese, and swans; it constitutes the suborder Anseres by far the larger part of the order Anseriformes (anseriform).       A widely accepted system of classification divides the Anatidae into 3 …   Universalium

  • Palamedeae — Pal a*me de*[ae], n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[ o]l.) An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied South American birds; called also {screamers}. In many anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but they externally resemble the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • screamers — Palamedeae Pal a*me de*[ae], n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[ o]l.) An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied South American birds; called also {screamers}. In many anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but they externally… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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