Anserine

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  • adjective. Of or belonging to the subfamily Anserinae, which comprises the geese.
  • adjective. Of or resembling a goose; gooselike.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Relating to or resembling a goose, or the skin of a goose: sometimes applied to the skin when roughened by cold or disease (goose-flesh).
  • Hence Stupid as a goose; foolish; silly.
  • Specifically, in ornithology, resembling a goose or duck so closely as to be included in the family AnatidÅ“; being one of the AnatidÅ“.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.
  • adjective. Pertaining to the Anseres.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Being from the subfamily Anserinae of the family Anatidae.
  • adjective. Of, concerning, or resembling a goose or geese; gooselike.
  • adjective. Silly, foolish, stupid.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of or resembling a goose
  • adjective. having or revealing stupidity
    • Word Usage
    "To my knowledge,'anserine' is a perfectly respectable, albeit uncommon, adjective in our language."
    cross-reference
    anatine  cygnine  
    Equivalent
    stupid  
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