-phore
(fɔə(r))
in F. -phore, mod.L. -phorus, -phorum, a. Gr. -ϕόρος, -ον bearing, bearer, f. ϕέρ-ειν to bear. A formative of various technical and scientific words, as carpophore, semaphore, gonophore, phonophore. Hence -phorous, q.v.
-phore
(fɔə(r))
in F. -phore, mod.L. -phorus, -phorum, a. Gr. -ϕόρος, -ον bearing, bearer, f. ϕέρ-ειν to bear. A formative of various technical and scientific words, as carpophore, semaphore, gonophore, phonophore. Hence -phorous, q.v.
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