anatiferous

English

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

anatiferous

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.

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