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Anserine

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Adjective

1. anserine

of or resembling a goose

2. anserine, dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky

having or revealing stupidity

Example Sentences:
'ridiculous anserine behavior'
'a dopey answer'
'a dopey kid'
'some fool idea about rewriting authors' books'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Anserine

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adjective
1. 
of or resembling a goose
2. 
of, relating to, or belonging to the subfamily Anserinae, which includes geese, swans, and certain ducks: family Anatidae, order Anseriformes
3. 
silly; foolish

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Anserine

see synonyms of anserine
adjective
1. 
of or like a goose
2. 
stupid; foolish

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Anserine

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adj.
1. Of or belonging to the subfamily Anserinae, which comprises the geese.
2. Of or resembling a goose; gooselike.

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