vulpanser Ornith.
(vʌlˈpænsə(r))
[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 tr. 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. |