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Thesaurus: anseres

A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.

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  1. n. pl. A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.
  2. A Linnæan order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.
  3. A Linnæan order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbedfeet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order wereincluded the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.