Anatine

Word of the Day for Tuesday 11^th November 2014

Anatine \AN-uh-tahyn, -tin\

Adjective 1. Resembling a duck. 2. Of or pertaining to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.

Quotes

I took refuge in wild theorizing,--if Angels be the next higher being from Man, perhaps the Duck had 'morphos'd into some Anatine Equivalent, acting as my guardian… -- Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon: A Novel, 1997

Origin

Anatine comes from the Latin word for "duck," anas. It entered English in the mid-1800’s. Thanks to: www.dictionary.com