anseres Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae
    suborder Anseres.

WordNet

An"se*res noun plural
Etymology
L., geese.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A Linnæan order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.

Webster 1913