family Anatidae

Thesaurus

Noun

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family Anatidae - swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks Anatidae bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings Anseriformes, order Anseriformes - ducks; geese; swans; screamers duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs Anas, genus Anas - type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks genus Tadorna, Tadorna - sheldrakes genus Oxyura, Oxyura - ruddy duck Bucephala, genus Bucephala - buffleheads and goldeneyes Aythya, genus Aythya - canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc. Aix, genus Aix - wood duck and mandarin duck Cairina, genus Cairina - a genus of Anatidae genus Somateria, Somateria - eider ducks genus Melanitta, Melanitta - scoters Merginae, subfamily Merginae - mergansers and closely related diving birds goose - web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks Anser, genus Anser - typical geese Branta, genus Branta - wild geese Anserinae, subfamily Anserinae - used in some classifications for the swans genus Coscoroba - a genus of Anatidae swan - stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult genus Cygnus, Cygnus - a genus of Anatidae