Anas

See also: anas, ANAS, ANAs, anás, anās, anãs, añas, änas, -anas, and Anás

Translingual

Anas platyrhynchos (type species)

Etymology

From Latin anas (“duck”), from Proto-Italic *anats, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”).

Proper noun

Anas f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Anatidae – various species of dabbling duck.

Usage notes

• Recent (2009) genetic analysis has split Anas by placing: (1) the wigeons and close relatives in the revived genus Mareca, (2) the shovelers and some teals in the resurrected genus Spatula, and (3) the Baikal teal in the monotypic genus Sibirionetta. For more details, see Anas § Systematics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Synonyms

• (genus): Mareca, Spatula, Sibirionetta (genera, each applicable to a distinct set of species formerly in Anas)

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae – clades; Carinatae – subclass; Neornithes – infraclass; Neognathae – parvclass; Anseriformes – order; Anatidae – family; Anatinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Anas platyrhynchos (common mallard) - type species; Anas acuta - (northern pintail), Anas albogularis, Anas americana (American wigeon), Anas andium, Anas aucklandica (Auckland teal), Anas bahamensis, Anas bernieri, Anas capensis (Cape teal), Anas carolinensis (green-winged teal), Anas castanea (chestnut teal), (Chatham duck, Chatham Island duck), Anas clypeata (northern shoveler, now Spatula clypeata, Anas crecca (common teal or Eurasian teal), Anas cyanoptera (cinnamon teal), Anas diazi (Mexican duck), Anas discors (blue-winged teal), Anas eatoni, Anas falcata, (falcated duck), Anas flavirostris (yellow-billed teal), Anas fulvigula, Anas georgica (yellow-billed pintail), Anas gibberifrons, Anas gracilis (grey teal), Anas hottentota, Anas laysanensis, Anas melleri, Anas nesiotis (Campbell teal), Anas penelope (now Mareca penelope, Eurasian wigeon), Anas poecilorhyncha (Indian spot-billed duck), Anas puna, Anas querquedula (garganey), Anas rhynchotis (Australasian shoveler), Anas rubripes (American back duck), (Chiloe wigeon), Anas sparsa, Anas strepera (now Mareca strepera, gadwall), Anas superciliosa (Pacific black duck), Anas undulata, Anas versicolor, Anas wyvilliana, Anas zonorhyncha (eastern spot-billed duck) - species

References

• Anas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anas on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Anas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Anas at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Anas at AnimalBase
• Anas at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Anas at World Register of Marine Species

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Ana

Etymology

Related to anas (“duck”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.naːs/, [ˈänäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.nas/, [ˈäːnäs]

Proper noun

Anās m sg (genitive Anae); first declension

1. A river in Spain; modern Guadiana.

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only

	singular
nominative	Anās
genitive	Anae
dative	Anae
accusative	Anān Anam
ablative	Anā
vocative	Anā

References

• “Anas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Anas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Anas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Anas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Anas”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly