anatifer (anatifer)

[ An at if a. anatiferous (an-a-tif'e-rus), a. [ Anatiferous trees, whose corruption breaks forth into barnacles. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err. (1646), p. 133. An at in a (an-a-ti'nä), n. [NL., fem. of L. ana tin us , of or pertaining to the duck: see anatine .] A genus of bivalve mollusks, typical of the family Anatinida. Lamarck, 1809. Anatinæl (an-a-ti'nē), n. pl . [NL., Anas ( Anat -)+- ina : see Anas .] A subfamily of anatine birds, of the family Anatidæ , including the fresh-water ducks or river-ducks, typified by the restricted genus Anas . They are separated from the Fuligulinæ , or sea-ducks, by having the hallux simple, not lobed. The name Anatine has occasionally been used to distinguish the "ducks," collectively, from other Anatidæ , as the swans, geese, and mergansers; in this use it includes the Fuligulince. The Anatinæ proper include the mallard ( Anas boschas ), the wild original of domestic ducks, and many other species, as the widgeon, gadwall, pintail, shoveler, wood-duck, and the various kinds of teal. See cuts under Chaulelasmus , mallard , and widgeon . Anatinæ (an-a-tī'nē), n. pl. [NL., fem. pl.; cf. An at in a.] In conch., a group of bivalve mollusks related to the clams, now restricted to the family Anatinidæ (which see). Lamarck. anatine (an'a-tin), a. [L. an at in us, of the duck, anatomize generally an o icle is developed (whence the family is sometimes called Osteodesmacea ). Species are numerous in the present seas, but were still more so in the ancient, especially during the Jura ic epoch. See cut under Pho ladomyia.