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Definition 2024
anseriform
anseriform
English
Adjective
anseriform (comparative more anseriform, superlative most anseriform)
- (ornithology) Of or pertaining to birds of the family Anseriformes including ducks, geese, swans, and screamers.
- 2004. Peter F. Murray et.al., Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime
- For more than a century anseriform birds were considered to have been closely related to, and to have originated from, the game fowl of the order Galliformes.
- 2004. Peter F. Murray et.al., Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime
Translations
pertaining to birds of the family Anseriformes
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