Anseres


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Noun1.Anseres - used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae
suborder Anseres
animal order - the order of animals
Anseriformes, order Anseriformes - ducks; geese; swans; screamers
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Amongst these we find a wand (harundo), (44) the head of a pig crushed into a thousand pieces (sincipitis particula mille plagis dolata), (45) some beans (faba), (46) and three geese (tres anseres).
The Real Tools of Magic: Pamphile's Macabre Paraphernalia (Apuleius, Met. 3,17,4-5)

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