anatineadj.n.
A. adj.
Of or pertaining to, resembling or characteristic of, a duck.
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anatine1862
1862 H. G. Adams Wild Flowers, Birds, & Insects 274 Those [birds] of the Anatine group.
1893 A. Newton Dict. Birds 543 Their [sc. the Mergansers'] structure does not much depart from the Anatine or rather Fuliguline type.
B. n.
A bird of the duck family.
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1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 712/2 The Anserines and Anatines.
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