Anserine

2 definitions found

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

  Anserine \An"ser*ine\, a. [L. anserinus, fr. anser a goose.]
     1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a
        goose.
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     2. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Anseres.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anserine
       adj 1: of or resembling a goose
       2: having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine
          behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool
          idea about rewriting authors' books" [syn: {dopy}, {dopey},
           {foolish}, {goosey}, {goosy}, {gooselike}]