Anatine

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Resembling a duck; duck-like; specifically, of or pertaining to the Anatinæ or to the Anatidæ.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the ducks; ducklike.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Being of the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
  • adjective. Pertaining to or resembling a duck; ducklike.
  • Word Usage
    "Sometimes called bay ducks, pochards – the tribe Aythyini – are one of four clades that together make up Anatinae, the true duck group (the other anatine clades are Malacorhynchini [pink-eared ducks], Anatini [surface-feeding ducks] and Mergini [seaducks])."
    cross-reference
    anserine  cygnine  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ducklike