ansériforme

Definitions of ansériforme
  1. noun
    chiefly web-footed swimming birds
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    canard
    small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
    oie
    web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
    canard
    adult male of a wild or domestic duck
    oie, oison
    young goose
    type of:
    oiseau aquatique
    freshwater aquatic bird
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