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vulpanser

vulpanser [CL vulpes+anser, for χηναλώπηξ], ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea). chenalopex ab ansere et vulpe nomen habet, et Latine a Gaza ‘~er’ dicitur. nostrates hodie ‘bergandrum’ nominant Turner Av. (1903) 24; anate longior et grandior ~er est, pectore ruffescente, in aquis degit et in cuniculorum foveis Ib.; a bargander, vulpancer Levins Manip. 79.

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