If there be anatiferous trees, whose corruption breaks forth into barnacles; yet, if they corrupt, they degenerate into maggots, which produce not them again. - Browns Vulgar Errours.
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Anatiferous — An a*tif er*ous, a. [L. anas, anatis, a duck + ferous.] (Zo[ o]l.) Producing ducks; applied to Anatif[ae], under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See {Barnacle}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Anatifa — A*nat i*fa, n.; pl. {Anatif[ae]}. [NL., contr. fr. anatifera. See {Anatiferous}.] (Zo[ o]l.) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus {Lepas}, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See {Cirripedia}. [1913 Webster] Note: The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Anatifae — Anatifa A*nat i*fa, n.; pl. {Anatif[ae]}. [NL., contr. fr. anatifera. See {Anatiferous}.] (Zo[ o]l.) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus {Lepas}, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See {Cirripedia}. [1913 Webster] Note … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
