a. rare–0. [ad. L. anatīnus, f. anat-em duck: see -INE.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling a duck. (In mod. Dicts.)
1863. W. K. Parker, in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., The Flamingo is truly lamellirostral; but its anatine characters are confused and mixed up with those that are derived from the Ibis and the Crane.
1905. Edgar A. Guest, in Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov., Pt. 4, 5/1. The poet who sang ‘O would I were a bird’ did not refer to the web-footed, short legged, anatine bird having lamellated mandibles. He did not would he were a duck.
