Anserine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or belonging to the subfamily Anserinae, which comprises the geese.
  • adj. Of or resembling a goose; gooselike.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Being from the subfamily Anserinae of the family Anatidae.
  • adj. Of, concerning, or resembling a goose or geese; gooselike.
  • adj. Silly, foolish, stupid.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.
  • adj. Pertaining to the Anseres.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Relating to or resembling a goose, or the skin of a goose: sometimes applied to the skin when roughened by cold or disease (goose-flesh).
  • Hence Stupid as a goose; foolish; silly.
  • Specifically, in ornithology, resembling a goose or duck so closely as to be included in the family Anatidœ; being one of the Anatidœ.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of or resembling a goose
  • adj. having or revealing stupidity
    • Equivalent
    stupid   
    Cross Reference
    cygnine    anatine   
     
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