ANAS
Anas, genus Anas
(noun) type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
ANAs
plural of ANA
Anagrams
• NASA, Naas, Nasa, Saan, ansa
Noun
anas
plural of ana
Anagrams
• NASA, Naas, Nasa, Saan, ansa
Source: Wiktionary
A"nas, n. Etym: [L., duck.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of water fowls, of the order Anseres, including certain
species of fresh-water ducks.
ANA
An"a-. Etym: [/Gr. in comp., on, up, upwards.]
Definition: A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward,
throughout, backward, back, again, anew.
A"na, adv. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Definition: Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or,
contracted, aa), ., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces.
An apothecary with a . . . long bill of anas. Dryden.
*a"na. Etym: [The neut. pl. ending of Latin adjectives in -anus.]
Definition: A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a
collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus,
Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana
of Johnson, etc.
Note: Used also as a substantive; as, the French anas.
It has been said that the table-talk of Selden is worth all the ana
of the Continent. Hallam.
-a"na. [The neut. pl. ending of Latin adjectives in -anus.]
Definition: A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a
collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus,
Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana
of Johnson, etc.
Used also as a substantive; as, the French anas.
It has been said that the table-talk of Selden is worth all the ana
of the Continent.
Hallam.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition