anseriform bird

Definitions of anseriform bird

1. noun

   chiefly web-footed swimming birds
   types:

   duck

   small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

   goose

   web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

   drake

   adult male of a wild or domestic duck

   quack-quack

   child's word for a duck

   duckling

   young duck

   diving duck

   any of various ducks of especially bays and estuaries that dive for their food

   dabbler, dabbling duck

   any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling

   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, broadbill, shoveler, shoveller

   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

   sheldrake

   Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill

   Oxyura jamaicensis, ruddy duck

   reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America

   Bucephela albeola, bufflehead, butterball, dipper

   small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage

   Bucephela clangula, goldeneye, whistler

   large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions

   Aythya valisineria, canvasback, canvasback duck

   North American wild duck valued for sport and food

   Aythya ferina, pochard

   heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head

   Aythya americana, redhead

   North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head

   bluebill, broadbill, scaup, scaup duck

   diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill

   wild duck

   an undomesticated duck (especially a mallard)

   Aix sponsa, summer duck, wood duck, wood widgeon

   showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees

   Aix galericulata, mandarin duck

   showy crested Asiatic duck; often domesticated

   Cairina moschata, muscovy duck, musk duck

   large crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated

   sea duck

   any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser

   gosling

   young goose

   gander

   mature male goose

   Anser cygnoides, Chinese goose

   very large wild goose of northeast Asia; interbreeds freely with the greylag

   Anser anser, graylag, graylag goose, greylag, greylag goose

   common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds

   Chen caerulescens, blue goose

   North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter

   brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose

   small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward

   Branta canadensis, Canada goose, Canadian goose, honker

   common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call

   Branta leucopsis, barnacle, barnacle goose

   European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north

   type of:

   water bird, waterbird, waterfowl

   freshwater aquatic bird