The Wordnik Word of the Day for June 27, 2012 is

(adj) Producing geese; that is, producing the cirripeds formerly called tree-geese or goose-mussels, which adhere to submerged wood or stone, but were formerly supposed to grow on trees, and then to drop off into the water and turn into geese.

‘Anatiferous’ comes from the Latin ‘anas,’ duck, plus ‘ferous,’ producing, containing. The Old EnRead More...