anatiferous

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UK/ænəˈtɪfəɹəs/

adjective

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.””

OriginLatin anas, anat- →
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Meanings

adjectiveanatiferous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteProducing 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.”

Origin

  1. Latinanas, anat-“duck”
  2. Englishanatiferous

From Latin anas, anat- (“duck”) + -i- + -ferous.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with anatiferous

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anatiferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anatiferous

MLA

“anatiferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anatiferous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anatiferous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anatiferous.

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