anatiferous

English edit

Etymology edit

Latin anas, anat- (“duck”) + -i- +‎ -ferous

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ænəˈtɪfəɹəs/
Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs

Adjective edit

anatiferous (not comparable)

(obsolete) Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
- 1646, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Thomas Browne, Book III:
  [I]f there be anatiferous trees, whoſe corruption breaks forth into Bernacles, yet if they corrupt, they degenerate into maggots, which not produce them again.

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