FAMILY ANATIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Anatidae mean? 

• FAMILY ANATIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY ANATIDAE has 1 sense:

1. swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks

  Familiarity information: FAMILY ANATIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY ANATIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anatidae; family Anatidae

Hypernyms ("family Anatidae" is a kind of...):

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "family Anatidae"):

genus Somateria; Somateria (eider ducks)

Cygnus; genus Cygnus (a genus of Anatidae)

swan (stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult)

genus Coscoroba (a genus of Anatidae)

Anserinae; subfamily Anserinae (used in some classifications for the swans)

Branta; genus Branta (wild geese)

Anser; genus Anser (typical geese)

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

Merginae; subfamily Merginae (mergansers and closely related diving birds)

genus Melanitta; Melanitta (scoters)

Cairina; genus Cairina (a genus of Anatidae)

Aix; genus Aix (wood duck and mandarin duck)

Aythya; genus Aythya (canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.)

Bucephala; genus Bucephala (buffleheads and goldeneyes)

genus Oxyura; Oxyura (ruddy duck)

genus Tadorna; Tadorna (sheldrakes)

Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)

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

Holonyms ("family Anatidae" is a member of...):

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