GENUS ANAS

Pronunciation (US):

• GENUS ANAS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ANAS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks

  Familiarity information: GENUS ANAS used as a noun is very rare.

• GENUS ANAS (noun)

Meaning:

Type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anas; genus Anas

Hypernyms ("genus Anas" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Anas"):

Anas platyrhynchos; mallard (wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed)

Anas rubripes; black duck (a dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada)

teal (any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America)

Anas penelope; widgeon; wigeon (freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals)

Anas clypeata; broadbill; shoveler; shoveller (freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill)

Anas acuta; pin-tailed duck; pintail (long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers)

Holonyms ("genus Anas" is a member of...):

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