anatiferous
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin anas, anat- (“duck”) + -i- + -ferous.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ænəˈtɪfəɹəs/
- Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs
Adjective
editanatiferous (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.
- 1646, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Thomas Browne, Book III:
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