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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Anseriformes — mostducks ,swans andgeese .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Before yesterday, this was a trick most ducks thought was impossible, so you can bet there will be a lot of crowing or, more accurately, quacking about this on the various Anatidae forums.
Duck and Cover: The Art of Appropriation BikeSnobNYC 2010
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For a Hunter to plunge (to “DUCK!”) the whole body under water to avoid imminent and violent impact of a large waterfowl falling uncontrolled from high altitude of the family Anatidae this also includes geese impaled in flight with a projectile for foodI wonder if those ducks hitting the hunter was there last ditch effort for revenge!
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Ducks, geese, swans (Anatidae) and ostriches, kiwis and tinamous (Struthioniformes/ratites) all have penises.
Boing Boing 2007
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Ducks, geese, swans (Anatidae) and ostriches, kiwis and tinamous (Struthioniformes/ratites) all have penises.
Boing Boing 2007
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Numbers, composition and distribution of populations of Anatidae wintering in West Africa.
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Flightlessness in steamer-ducks (Anatidae: Tachyeres): its morphological bases and probable evolution.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Poaching and hunting pose a serious threat for Anatidae (waterfowl) species.
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Genetic differentiation among steamer-ducks (Anatidae: Tachyeres): an electrophoretic analysis.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Numbers, composition and distribution of populations of Anatidae wintering in West Africa.
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The Peace-Athabasca Delta is an important area for migrant waterfowl including snow geese Anser caerulescens, white-fronted geese A. albifrons and Canada geese Branta canadensis, whistling swan Cygnus columbianus, diver Gavia spp., all seven species of North American grebe (Podicipedidae) and 25 species of duck (Anatidae).
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