-phorous
(fərəs)
combining element, f. mod.L. -phor-us, Gr. -ϕόρ-ος, F. -phore + -ous, forming adjs. related to ns. in -phore, with the sense ‘-bearing’; synonymous with -ferous, but properly used only in words derived from Gr., e.g. carpophorous, cladophorous, oophorous, phonophorous, phragmophorous, etc.