əˈnad.əˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Anat-, Anas, type genus + -idae
: a large family of chiefly aquatic birds (order Anseriformes) having relatively heavy bodies, short legs, webbed feet, a bill with a hard horny nail at the tip and transverse toothlike ridges on the biting edges and including the ducks, geese, swans, and related forms