Anseriformes

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Anseriformes (screamers, waterfowl; class Aves) An order of birds in which the palate is desmognathous. They lay unspotted eggs which hatch to produce nidifugous, downy young. There are two families, Anhimidae and Anatidae.

Screamer

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Screamer ★ 1974

A woman wants revenge after she is viciously attacked and raped. Now every man she sees is her attacker as she becomes more and more unbalanced. 71m/C VHS . Pamela Franklin, Donal McCann; D: Shaun O'Riordan; W: Brian Clemens.

screamer

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screamer See ANHIMIDAE; ANSERIFORMES.

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