genus Anas

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Noun

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genus Anas - type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks Anas bird genus - a genus of birds Anatidae, family Anatidae - swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks Anas platyrhynchos, mallard - wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed Anas rubripes, black duck - a dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada teal - any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America Anas penelope, widgeon, wigeon - freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals Anas clypeata, shoveler, shoveller, broadbill - freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill Anas acuta, pin-tailed duck, pintail - long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers