anseriforme

Definitions of anseriforme
  1. noun
    chiefly web-footed swimming birds
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    pato
    small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
    ganso, ánsar
    web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
    pato, pato macho
    adult male of a wild or domestic duck
    anadón
    young duck
    ánade real
    wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed
    pato silbón, silbón
    freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals
    pato cuchara
    freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
    tadorna
    Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill
    porrón
    heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head
    pato mandarín
    showy crested Asiatic duck; often domesticated
    ansarino, ansarón
    young goose
    ganso macho
    mature male goose
    ganso común
    common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds
    barnacla, barnacla cariblanca
    European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
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    ave acuática
    freshwater aquatic bird
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