Anas
/ˈeɪnəs/noun
A genus of dabbling ducks, including mallards, teal, and related species.
Did you know?Carl Linnaeus used the Latin word Anas in 1758 as a scientific genus name, preserving an ancient Roman term inside modern biological classification.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
anas
“Duck”
1st Century BCE–1st Century CE
Latin
anas
“A duck or waterfowl, used in Roman writing”
1758
Scientific Latin
Anas
“A genus name established by Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of Systema Naturae”
18th–19th Century
English
Anas
“A taxonomic genus of dabbling ducks”
Modern English
English
Anas
“A biological genus containing mallards, teal, and related ducks”