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; class Aves)
An order of birds in which the palate is desmognathous. They lay unspotted eggs which hatch to produce nidifugous, downy young. There are two families, Anhimidae and Anatidae.
From: Anseriformes in A Dictionary of Zoology »
Subjects: Zoology and Animal Sciences.
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