"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, {{m|la|anser||goose}} anser (“goose”) 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 34 37 27 Disambiguation of 'similar to a goose or geese; gooselike': 0 80 19
  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 34 37 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ine Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 15 66 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 17 59 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ine: 0 22 56 22 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 34 37 27 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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