family Anatidae

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Noun

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family Anatidae - swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducksAnatidaebird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsAnseriformes, order Anseriformes - ducks; geese; swans; screamersduck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legsAnas, genus Anas - type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducksgenus Tadorna, Tadorna - sheldrakesgenus Oxyura, Oxyura - ruddy duckBucephala, genus Bucephala - buffleheads and goldeneyesAythya, genus Aythya - canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.Aix, genus Aix - wood duck and mandarin duckCairina, genus Cairina - a genus of Anatidaegenus Somateria, Somateria - eider ducksgenus Melanitta, Melanitta - scotersMerginae, subfamily Merginae - mergansers and closely related diving birdsgoose - web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducksAnser, genus Anser - typical geeseBranta, genus Branta - wild geeseAnserinae, subfamily Anserinae - used in some classifications for the swansgenus Coscoroba - a genus of Anatidaeswan - stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adultgenus Cygnus, Cygnus - a genus of Anatidae