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English
Etymology
From translingual Anseriformes.
Adjective
anseriform (comparative more anseriform, superlative most anseriform)
- (ornithology) Of or pertaining to birds of the order Anseriformes including ducks, geese, swans, and screamers.
2004, Peter F. Murray et.al., Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime: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.
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Noun
anseriform (plural anseriforms)
- Any bird of the order Anseriformes
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