A-năt'i-fā, n.

n.; pl. ANATIFÆ. [Contr. from anatifera, Lat. anas, a duck, and ferre to bear.] (Nat. Hist.) An animal of the same tribe with the barnacle, but differing in having a fleshy stem or peduncle, and also in some other respects; the lepas.

The term anatifæ, in the plural, is often used for the whole group of the pedunculated cirripeds.