"anserine" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈansəɹʌɪn/ [UK] Forms: more anserine [comparative], most anserine [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin anserīnus, from anser (“goose”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|anserīnus}} Latin anserīnus Head templates: {{en-adj}} anserine (comparative more anserine, superlative most anserine)
  1. Silly, foolish, stupid.
    Sense id: en-anserine-en-adj-8nlQh0ZI
  2. Pertaining to a goose or geese; gooselike. Categories (lifeform): Geese Translations (similar to a goose or geese; gooselike): lúdszerű (Hungarian), anserino (Portuguese), гуси́ный (gusínyj) (Russian), ansarino (Spanish), гу́сячий (húsjačyj) (Ukrainian), гуси́ний (husýnyj) [rare] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-anserine-en-adj-VQGiF1QC Disambiguation of Geese: 2 33 40 25 Disambiguation of 'similar to a goose or geese; gooselike': 0 76 24
  3. (medicine, obsolete) Exhibiting goose flesh. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Medicine Categories (lifeform): Geese
    Sense id: en-anserine-en-adj-fynlnf6a Disambiguation of Geese: 2 33 40 25 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ine, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 15 66 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ine: 0 17 64 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 0 15 69 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 16 69 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 17 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 16 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 0 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 0 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 7 18 75 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: homoanserine Related terms: pes anserinus, anatine, cygnine
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈansəɹiːn/ [UK] Forms: anserines [plural]
Etymology: From Latin anser (“goose”) + -ine, after German Anserin. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|anser||goose}} Latin anser (“goose”), {{suffix|en||ine}} + -ine, {{der|en|de|Anserin}} German Anserin Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} anserine (countable and uncountable, plural anserines)
  1. (biochemistry) A dipeptide compound present in birds and other vertebrates, originally isolated from goose muscle. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry Categories (lifeform): Geese
    Sense id: en-anserine-en-noun-2xSK-gBB Disambiguation of Geese: 2 33 40 25 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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