anatiferous

== English == === Etymology === From Latin anas, anat- (“duck”) + -i- +‎ -ferous. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ænəˈtɪfəɹəs/ Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs === Adjective === anatiferous (not comparable) (obsolete) Producing ducks. 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.” ==== Usage notes ==== Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese. === See also === barnacle goose spontaneous generation