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ANSERINAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Anserinae mean?
• ANSERINAE (noun)
The noun ANSERINAE has 1 sense:
1. used in some classifications for the swans
Familiarity information: ANSERINAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in some classifications for the swans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anserinae; subfamily Anserinae
Hypernyms ("Anserinae" is a kind of...):
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Holonyms ("Anserinae" is a member of...):
Anatidae; family Anatidae (swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks)
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