Anseres

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anseres \An"se*res\, n. pl. [L., geese.] (Zool.)
     A Linn[ae]an 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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Anseres
       n : used in some especially older classifications; coextensive
           with the family Anatidae [syn: {suborder Anseres}]