SUBFAMILY ANSERINAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subfamily Anserinae mean? 

• SUBFAMILY ANSERINAE (noun)
  The noun SUBFAMILY ANSERINAE has 1 sense:

1. used in some classifications for the swans

  Familiarity information: SUBFAMILY ANSERINAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBFAMILY ANSERINAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Used in some classifications for the swans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anserinae; subfamily Anserinae

Hypernyms ("subfamily Anserinae" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("subfamily Anserinae" is a member of...):

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