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ANAS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducksplay

Synonyms:

Anas; genus Anas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Anas" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Anas"):

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)

Holonyms ("Anas" is a member of...):

Anatidae; family Anatidae (swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks)

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