Anseres (Noun)
Meaning
Used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The classification of waterfowl historically included the suborder Anseres, which comprised several distinct families of birds.
- Some older classification systems place swans, geese, and ducks together under the suborder Anseres.
- Ornithologists have long recognized the suborder Anseres, which corresponds to the modern family Anatidae.
- In a number of outdated classification systems, the terms Anseres and Anatidae were used interchangeably.
- This obsolete classification grouped the families Anatidae and other waterfowl into the suborder Anseres.