GENUS ANSER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Anser mean? 

• GENUS ANSER (noun)
  The noun GENUS ANSER has 1 sense:

1. typical geese

  Familiarity information: GENUS ANSER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ANSER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Typical geese

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anser; genus Anser

Hypernyms ("genus Anser" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Anser"):

Anser cygnoides; Chinese goose (very large wild goose of northeast Asia; interbreeds freely with the greylag)

Anser anser; graylag; graylag goose; greylag; greylag goose (common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds)

Chen; subgenus Chen (wild goose having white adult plumage)

Holonyms ("genus Anser" is a member of...):

Anatidae; family Anatidae (swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks)