anseriform

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adjective

Of or pertaining to birds of the order Anseriformes including ducks, geese, swans, and screamers.

Origintaxonomic name Anseriformes →
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Meanings

adjectiveanseriform (comparative more anseriform, superlative most anseriform)

comparative more anseriform · superlative most anseriform

  1. biologyOf or pertaining to birds of the order Anseriformes including ducks, geese, swans, and screamers.

    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
nounanseriform (plural anseriforms)

plural anseriforms

  1. Any bird of the order Anseriformes

Origin

  1. taxonomic nameAnseriformes
  2. taxonomic nameAnseriformes
  3. Englishanseriform

Borrowed from taxonomic name Anseriformes.

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Translations

Arabic إِوَزِّيّ, إِوَزِّيَّة
  • إِوَزِّيّ (ʔiwazziyy)pertaining to birds of the order Anseriformes
  • إِوَزِّيَّة (ʔiwazziyya)any bird of the order Anseriformes
Czech vrubozobý, vrubozobý
  • vrubozobýpertaining to birds of the order Anseriformes
  • vrubozobýany bird of the order Anseriformes
Dutch eendvogel
  • eendvogelany bird of the order Anseriformes
German gänseartig, Gänsevogel
  • gänseartigpertaining to birds of the order Anseriformes
  • Gänsevogelany bird of the order Anseriformes
Greek χηνόμορφος
  • χηνόμορφος (chinómorfos)pertaining to birds of the order Anseriformes
Latin ānserifōrmis, ānserifōrmis
  • ānserifōrmispertaining to birds of the order Anseriformes
  • ānserifōrmisany bird of the order Anseriformes
Polish blaszkodzioby, blaszkodzioby
  • blaszkodziobypertaining to birds of the order Anseriformes
  • blaszkodziobyany bird of the order Anseriformes
Portuguese anseriforme
  • anseriformepertaining to birds of the order Anseriformes
Russian гусеобра́зный
  • гусеобра́зный (guseobráznyj)pertaining to birds of the order Anseriformes
Turkish kazsı, kazsı
  • kazsıpertaining to birds of the order Anseriformes
  • kazsıany bird of the order Anseriformes
Cite this entry
APA

anseriform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anseriform

MLA

“anseriform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anseriform. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anseriform,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anseriform.

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