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Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions, etc.; as, an anserated cross.
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A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer.
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The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).
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A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.
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The common wild gray goose (Anser anser) of Europe, believed to be the wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of Goose.
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A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.
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Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.
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A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate.
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Pertaining to the Anseres.
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An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied South American birds; -- called also screamers. In many anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but they externally resemble the wading birds.
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Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinae, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.
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A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms.
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A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having the leaves silvery white beneath.
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Resembling a goose; silly; simple.
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