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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANATIFEROUS

a.[L. anas, a duck and fero, to produce. ] Producing ducks.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANATIFEROUS

An `a *tif "er *ous, a. Etym: [L. anas, anatis, a duck + -ferous. ](Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifæ, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle.