| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb anatiferously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (anatiferously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective anatiferous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ANATIFEROUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Anatiferous \An`a*tif"er*ous\, adjective. [Latin expression anas, anatis, duck -ferous.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ANATIFEROUS
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Producing ducks.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese. If there be anatiferous trees, whose corruption breaks forth into barnacles; yet, if they corrupt, they degenerate into maggots, which produce not them again. - Brown's Vulgar Errours. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
