Anseriform
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Anseriform is an adjective meaning (ornithology) Of or pertaining to birds of the order Anseriformes including ducks, geese, swans, and screamers.
Meaning
(ornithology) Of or pertaining to birds of the order Anseriformes including ducks, geese, swans, and screamers.
More Meanings
- Any bird of the order Anseriformes
Example Sentences
For more than a century anseriform birds were considered to have been closely related to, and to have originated from, the game fowl of the order Galliformes.
Word Forms
- anseriforms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ornithoid, aviform, apodiform, goosy, passerine, grallatorial.
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