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SUBORDER ANSERES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does suborder Anseres mean?
• SUBORDER ANSERES (noun)
The noun SUBORDER ANSERES has 1 sense:
1. used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae
Familiarity information: SUBORDER ANSERES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anseres; suborder Anseres
Hypernyms ("suborder Anseres" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Holonyms ("suborder Anseres" is a member of...):
Anseriformes; order Anseriformes (ducks; geese; swans; screamers)
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