| 释义 |
anatine, a. and n.|ˈænətaɪn|
[ad. L. anatīnus, f. anat-, anas duck: see -ine1.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to, resembling or characteristic of, a duck.
B. n. A bird of the duck family.
1862H. G. Adams Wild Fl., Birds, & Insects 274 Those [birds] of the Anatine group. 1875Encycl. Brit. III. 712/2 The Anserines and Anatines. 1893Newton Dict. Birds 543 Their [sc. the Mergansers'] structure does not much depart from the Anatine or rather Fuliguline type. |