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vulpanser Ornith.|vʌlˈpænsə(r)|
[mod.L., f. vulp-ēs fox + anser goose, after Gr. χηναλώπηξ.]
The sheldrake (Anas tadorna). Also attrib.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Vulpanser, the Bergander, or Burrow-duck, a Bird of the kind of Geese. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl., Vulpanser, in zoology, a name given by some authors to the shell-drake, or burrow-duck. 1839W. C. Taylor Anc. Hist. i. §2 (ed. 2) 24 Wild and tame fowl abounded; the vulpanser goose of the Nile, bustards, partridges, quails, and widgeons, frequented the skirts of the desert, and the valley of the Nile. 1910Thompson tr. Aristotle's Hist. Anim. 559 Wind-eggs are laid by a number of birds: as for instance the common hen,..the goose and the vulpanser. |