Definition of anatidae Anatidae

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What does anatidae mean?

Noun
anatidae - swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks
		family Anatidae
		bird family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
		anseriformes, order anseriformes ducks; geese; swans; screamers
		duck small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
		anas, genus anas type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks
		genus tadorna, tadorna sheldrakes
		genus oxyura, oxyura ruddy duck
		bucephala, genus bucephala buffleheads and goldeneyes
		aythya, genus aythya canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.
		aix, genus aix wood duck and mandarin duck
		cairina, genus cairina a genus of Anatidae
		genus somateria, somateria eider ducks
		genus melanitta, melanitta scoters
		merginae, subfamily merginae mergansers and closely related diving birds
		goose web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
		anser, genus anser typical geese
		branta, genus branta wild geese
		anserinae, subfamily anserinae used in some classifications for the swans
		genus coscoroba a genus of Anatidae
		swan stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult