ANSERIFORM BIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anseriform bird mean? 

• ANSERIFORM BIRD (noun)
  The noun ANSERIFORM BIRD has 1 sense:

1. chiefly web-footed swimming birds

  Familiarity information: ANSERIFORM BIRD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANSERIFORM BIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chiefly web-footed swimming birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("anseriform bird" is a kind of...):

water bird; waterbird; waterfowl (freshwater aquatic bird)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anseriform bird"):

duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)

goose (web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks)

Holonyms ("anseriform bird" is a member of...):

Anseriformes; order Anseriformes (ducks; geese; swans; screamers)