Nettapus

noun

Net·​ta·​pus

ˈnetəpəs

: a genus of small chiefly tropical Old World geese with the legs so short as to be nearly useless on land see pygmy goose

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek nētta, nēssa duck + New Latin -pus

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