A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain species of freshÏwater ducks.

The tenth order, that of Anseres, or Waterfowl, commonly so-called, is also largely in excess as regards the number of species.

"Anseres son!"—"geese they are"—was Vasquez's verdict, as he slowly shut up the glass after a long and particular survey of the distant foreshore.