FYI. Van Harris Millington, TN ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dictionary.com <doctor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 2:05 AM Subject: anatine: Dictionary.com Word of the Day To: Word of the Day Subscriber <shelbyforester1223@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [image: Dictionary.com] <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/4643/0/> Nov. 6, 2014 [image: Word of the Day] <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/24098332/0/> <http://li.dictionary.com/click?s=97550&t=newsletter&sz=728x90&li=Dictionary728x90&m=1a68b316c62651c75b18fbc7eb255aa3&p=20816646> <http://li.dictionary.com/click?s=6908&t=newsletter&sz=116x15&li=Dictionary728x90&m=1a68b316c62651c75b18fbc7eb255aa3&p=20816646> <http://li.dictionary.com/click?s=96511&t=newsletter&sz=69x15&li=Dictionary728x90&m=1a68b316c62651c75b18fbc7eb255aa3&p=20816646> anatine <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/24098333/0/> [image: Audio Pronunciation] <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/24098334/0/> [image: Share on Twitter] <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/24098335/0/> [image: Share on Facebook] <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/24098336/0/> [image: Share on Google+] <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/24098337/0/> \AN-uh-tahyn, -tin\ adjective 1. resembling a duck. 2. of or pertaining to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks. Quotes I took refuge in wild theorizing,--if Angels be the next higher being from Man, perhaps the Duck had 'morphos'd into some *Anatine* Equivalent, acting as my guardian… -- Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon: A Novel, 1997 Origin *Anatine* comes from the Latin word for "duck," *anas*. It entered English in the mid-1800s. Dictionary.com Slideshows <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/8485/0/> [image: What do these 6 Words have in Common?] <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/24096024/0/> What do these 6 Words have in Common? <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/24096025/0/> [image: Names you've known all along: 9 famous eponyms] <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/24096026/0/> Names you've known all along: 9 famous eponyms <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/24096026/0/> [image: Beta? Cache? Crack the code for the code] <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/24096027/0/> Beta? Cache? Crack the code for the code <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/24096027/0/> [image: 5 Fun Ways to Say Boring] <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/24096028/0/> 5 Fun Ways to Say Boring <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/24096028/0/> <http://li.dictionary.com/click?s=97553&t=newsletter&sz=300x250&li=Dictionary300x250&m=1a68b316c62651c75b18fbc7eb255aa3&p=20816646> <http://li.dictionary.com/click?s=6908&t=newsletter&sz=116x15&li=Dictionary300x250&m=1a68b316c62651c75b18fbc7eb255aa3&p=20816646> <http://li.dictionary.com/click?s=96511&t=newsletter&sz=69x15&li=Dictionary300x250&m=1a68b316c62651c75b18fbc7eb255aa3&p=20816646> More From Dictionary.com [image: Submit a favorite word for a chance to win!] <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/4659/0/> Submit a favorite word for a chance to win! <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/4659/0/> Submit your favorite word to be a future Word of the Day [image: iPhone App] <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/4658/0/> Our iPhone App <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/4658/0/> Our award-winning iPhone app just got better [image: Word Dynamo App] <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/4657/0/> Word Dynamo <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/4657/0/> Dictionary.com's new word game for iOS <http://li.dictionary.com/click?s=97547&t=newsletter&sz=728x90&li=Dictionary728x90bottom&m=1a68b316c62651c75b18fbc7eb255aa3&p=20816646> <http://li.dictionary.com/click?s=6908&t=newsletter&sz=116x15&li=Dictionary728x90bottom&m=1a68b316c62651c75b18fbc7eb255aa3&p=20816646> <http://li.dictionary.com/click?s=96511&t=newsletter&sz=69x15&li=Dictionary728x90bottom&m=1a68b316c62651c75b18fbc7eb255aa3&p=20816646> Follow Dictionary.com on Facebook <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/4660/0/> About <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/4661/0/> Contact <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/4662/0/> You are subscribed to the Word of the Day as: shelbyforester1223@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subscriber since: January 27, 2014 Unsubscribe <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/4403918/0/?f566cc7b=MTgwMjI1ODIuYWJmZDhjNjE2YTBjMjgzODEwYzQ5MzFmMjU0YzEzMDg%3d&e5e2987d=MjA4MTY2NDY%3d&3e076d18=c2hlbGJ5Zm9yZXN0ZXIxMjIzQHJpdHRlcm1haWwuY29t&c73c8e04=d29yZG9mdGhlZGF5&x=17a99f97> Dictionary.com, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 500 Oakland CA 94607 Manage <http://lists.lexico.com/t/20816646/18022582/4642/0/> your subscription