anatidae
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Swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans;
Geese;
Ducks (synset 101848268)is a type of: bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsmember holonym:- 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
- cygnus, genus cygnus - a genus of Anatidae
belongs to: anseriformes, order anseriformes - ducks; geese; swans; screamerssame as: family anatidae
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