ˈned.əpəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek nētta, nēssa duck + New Latin -pus — more at anas
: a genus of small chiefly tropical Old World geese with the legs so short as to be nearly useless on land — see pygmy goose
ˈned.əpəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek nētta, nēssa duck + New Latin -pus — more at anas
: a genus of small chiefly tropical Old World geese with the legs so short as to be nearly useless on land — see pygmy goose
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012