n. pl. - A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of
webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order
were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.
n. pl. - A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of
webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order
were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.