ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Anatiferous

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ænəˈtɪfəɹəs/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Anatiferous is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Producing ducks.

Meaning

(obsolete) Producing ducks.

Example Sentences

Thomas Browne (1646), Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 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.”

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fuliguline, anadromus, caducibranchiate, katadromous, anadromic, catadromous.

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