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Meanings of Anatidae in inglés

ruso
anatidae
portugués
anatídeo
español
ánade
catalán
anatidae
Wikidata

Family of birds.

        Related terms
        ánade
        portugués
        anatidae
        catalán
        anàtids

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

              anatidae
              Synonyms
              Examples for "duck"
              Examples for "duck"
              1
              Boissière is on home territory: the south-west of France is duck country.
              The Guardian
              2
              So I am happy that someone has the good sense to duck.
              Reuters
              3
              Kashyap was able to duck under his food cart just in time.
              Reuters
              4
              Enda made light work of his duck paté with port wine sauce.
              The Irish Times
              5
              One of the surgeons in white duck touched her on the arm.
              Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
              1
              Wild fowl too, such as ducks and geese, swarmed in the river.
              This Country of Ours
              2
              There were poultry-yards and pig-pens and marshy quarters for ducks and geese.
              The Light of the Western Stars
              3
              There were chickens and ducks and geese, and a pen of pigs.
              A Little Girl of Long Ago; Or, Hannah Ann / A Sequel to a Little...
              4
              About fifty hens, four cockerels, and a number of ducks and geese.
              The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment
              5
              That will be a stormy conclave!-Bequiet, my dear ducks and geese!
              The Daughter of an Empress
              1
              Old Father Drake, the head of the duck family, started for the water.
              Seven O'Clock Stories
              2
              He is so swift of wing that even the members of the Duck family fear him, for he is especially fond of fat Duck.
              The Burgess Bird Book for Children
              3
              Perhaps Old Father Drake, the head of all the Duck family, wouldn't let Step-father Wyandotte punish him that night if he did try the water.
              Seven O'Clock Stories