family anatidae

1. 1.

   swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks

   SynonymsAnatidae

   Broaderbird family

   Part ofAnseriformes

Questions about family anatidae

What does family anatidae mean?

family anatidae means "swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks".

What is another word for family anatidae?

Close synonyms include Anatidae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is family anatidae a common word?

family anatidae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.