Definition of "anserine" [an•ser•ine]

• Of or belonging to the subfamily Anserinae, which comprises the geese. (adjective)
• Of or resembling a goose; gooselike. (adjective)

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• "To my knowledge,'anserine' is a perfectly respectable, albeit uncommon, adjective in our language."
• "And that one was the victim of anserine necrophilia."
• "It is all very easy for you, middle-aged reader, sitting over this page in the broad daylight, to call me by all manner of asinine and anserine unchristian names, because I had these fancies running through my head."