Anser

See also: anser

Translingual

Anser anser, the greylag goose

Etymology

From Latin ānser (“goose”).

Proper noun

Anser m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Anatidae – most geese.

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; Anserinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Anser anser - type species; Anser serrirostris - selected species

References

• Anser (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anser on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Anser on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈan.ser/, [ˈä̃ːs̠ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.ser/, [ˈänser]

Proper noun

Ānser m sg (genitive Ānseris); third declension

1. a cognomen

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ānser
Genitive	Ānseris
Dative	Ānserī
Accusative	Ānserem
Ablative	Ānsere
Vocative	Ānser

References

• “Anser”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Anser in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.