anseriform — ▪ bird order Introduction any of the 150 species comprising the bird order Anseriformes, which comprises the ducks (duck), geese (goose), and swans (swan) (family Anatidae) and the screamers (the three species of family Anhimidae). Anatidae… … Universalium
anseriform — adjective Of or pertaining to birds of the family Anseriformes including ducks, geese, swans, and screamers. For more than a century birds were considered to have been closely related to, and to have originated from, the game fowl of the order… … Wiktionary
anseriform — an·ser·i·form … English syllables
anseriform — rəˌfȯrm adjective Etymology: New Latin Anseriformes : of or belonging to the Anseriformes … Useful english dictionary
anseriform bird — noun chiefly web footed swimming birds • Hypernyms: ↑waterfowl, ↑water bird, ↑waterbird • Hyponyms: ↑duck, ↑goose • Member Holonyms: ↑Anseriformes, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
List of fossil birds — Birds are generally believed to have evolved from certain feathered theropod dinosaurs, and there is no real dividing line between birds and dinosaurs, except of course that some of the former survived the Cretaceous Tertiary extinction event… … Wikipedia
Anseriformes — Taxobox name = Anseriformes image width = 220px image caption = Whooper Swan ( Cygnus cygnus ), a member of the Anatidae regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis = Galloanserae ordo = Anseriformes… … Wikipedia
Fowl — Taxobox name = Galloanserans fossil range = Campanian Recent image width = 240px image caption = Chickens are a well known member of this ancient clade regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis =… … Wikipedia
Anatidae — Taxobox name = Ducks, geese and swans image width = 260px image caption = Black bellied Whistling Duck ( Dendrocygna autumnalis ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis = Neognathae superordo =… … Wikipedia
Anas — Taxobox name = Anas image width = 250px image caption = Female Mallard ( Anas platyrhynchos ) with brood of young, a typical member of this genus. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis =… … Wikipedia