Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anatiferous

/ænəˈtɪfəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: anat-if-er-ous
IPA: /ænəˈtɪfəɹəs/

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Producing ducks.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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.”"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: anas

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ænəˈtɪfəɹəs/

Usage

Obsolete

Phrases

barnacle goose spontaneous generation

Frequently Paired Words

barnacle goose spontaneous generation

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

How do you pronounce anatiferous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ænəˈtɪfəɹəs/.
What does anatiferous mean?: Producing ducks.
Where does anatiferous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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