anseriform
English edit
Etymology edit
From translingual Anseriformes.
Adjective edit
anseriform (comparative more anseriform, superlative most anseriform)
- (ornithology) Of or pertaining to birds of the order 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.
Translations edit
pertaining to birds of the order Anseriformes
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Noun edit
anseriform (plural anseriforms)
- Any bird of the order Anseriformes