Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of palmiped lamellirostral swimming birds, typical of the family Anatidæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of fresh-water ducks.

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  • noun Plural form of ana.

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  • noun type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks

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  • She's dumber than dirt, but many Americans have a high opinion of dirt as well. abu anas

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  • Since im assuming you ride a bike you must already be concerned with the environment, but instead you put down beautiful creatures like the anas who are trying to survive in the pavement wasteland of New York.

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  • Since im assuming you ride a bike you must already be concerned with the environment, but instead you put down beautiful creatures like the anas who are trying to survive in the pavement wasteland of New York.

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  • No frost here yet, though it was 35 degrees last night. concretegodmother posted at 1:44 AM mmm. i'm ready for fire weather. but we keep getting the wrong kind. damn teh santa anas!

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  • But if the entire male species disagreed with me, I figured I must have some weird version of anorexia going on - anas look at a thin reflection and think it's fat, I apparently look at a complete munter photograph and think it's fit.

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  • But if the entire male species disagreed with me, I figured I must have some weird version of anorexia going on - anas look at a thin reflection and think it's fat, I apparently look at a complete munter photograph and think it's fit.

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  • Let us labor to bring the arts to perfection, and to lessen the miseries of the human race; and let us not waste our time over the anas, the anecdotes, and curious stories of our day, the collections of pretended bons mots, etc.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • He declares that he has put in contribution all the journals and all the anas; and he concludes with hoping that heaven will bestow

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