anserine

2 definitions found

anserine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anserine \An"ser*ine\, a. [L. anserinus, fr. anser a goose.]
     1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a
        goose.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Anseres.
        [1913 Webster]

anserine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  anserine
      adj 1: of or resembling a goose
      2: having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine
         behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea
         about rewriting authors' books" [syn: anserine, dopy,
         dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky]