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anatine

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an⋅a⋅tine

[an-uh-tahyn, -tin]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
2. resembling a duck.

Origin:
1860–65; < L anatīnus of, pertaining to a duck, equiv. to anat- (s. of anas) duck + -īnus -ine 1
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