Anas

From Latin anas (“duck”), from Proto-Italic *anats, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Anatidae – various species of dabbling duck.

• Recent (2009) genetic analysis has split Anas by placing: (1) wigeons and close relatives in the revived genus Mareca, (2) shovelers and some teals in the resurrected genus Spatula, and (3) Baikal teals in the monotypic genus Sibirionetta. For more details, see Anas § Systematics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• (genus): Mareca, Spatula, Sibirionetta (genera, each applicable to a distinct set of species formerly in Anas)

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae – clades; Carinatae – subclass; Neornithes – infraclass; Neognathae – parvclass; Anseriformes – order; Anatidae – family; Anatinae - subfamily

• (genus): Anas platyrhynchos (common mallard) - type species; Anas acuta - (northern pintail), Anas albogularis, Anas americana (American wigeon), Anas andium, Anas aucklandica (Auckland teal), Anas bahamensis, Anas bernieri, Anas capensis (Cape teal), Anas carolinensis (green-winged teal), Anas castanea (chestnut teal), Anas chathamica (Chatham duck, Chatham Island duck), Anas clypeata (northern shoveler, now Spatula clypeata, Anas crecca (common teal or Eurasian teal), Anas cyanoptera (cinnamon teal), Anas diazi (Mexican duck), Anas discors (blue-winged teal), Anas eatoni, Anas falcata, (falcated duck), Anas flavirostris (yellow-billed teal), Anas fulvigula, Anas georgica (yellow-billed pintail), Anas gibberifrons, Anas gracilis (grey teal), Anas hottentota, Anas laysanensis, Anas melleri, Anas nesiotis (Campbell teal), Anas penelope (now Mareca penelope, Eurasian wigeon), Anas poecilorhyncha (Indian spot-billed duck), Anas puna, Anas querquedula (garganey), Anas rhynchotis (Australasian shoveler), Anas rubripes (American back duck), Anas sibiliatrix (Chiloe wigeon), Anas sparsa, Anas strepera (now Mareca strepera, gadwall), Anas superciliosa (Pacific black duck), Anas undulata, Anas versicolor, Anas wyvilliana, Anas zonorhyncha (eastern spot-billed duck) - species

• → Dutch: anas unox

• Anas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anas on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Anas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Anas at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Anas at AnimalBase
• Anas at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Anas at World Register of Marine Species

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.naːs/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.nas/,

Anās m sg (genitive Anae); first declension

1. A river in Spain and Portugal; modern Guadiana.

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

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