Ornith. [mod.L., f. vulp-ēs fox + anser goose, after Gr. χηναλώπηξ.] The sheldrake (Anas tadorna). Also attrib.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Vulpanser, the Bergander, or Burrow-duck, a Bird of the kind of Geese.
1753. Chambers’ Cycl., Suppl., Vulpanser, in zoology, a name given by some authors to the shell-drake, or burrow-duck.
1839. W. 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.
1910. Thompson, trans. 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.
