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-FEROUS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of -FEROUS is bearing : producing. How to use -ferous in a sentence.
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-FEROUS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
ferous definition: a combining form meaning “bearing,” “producing,” “yielding,” “containing,” “conveying,” used in the formation of compound ...
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-ferous | Taber's Medical Dictionary
ferous ... [L. ferre, to bear] Suffix meaning producing ... Search PRIME PubMed ... Related Topics ... zinciferous ... albuminiferous ... soporiferous ... sudoriferous.
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ferous
† ˈferous, a. Obs. rare—1. [f. L. fer-us wild + -ous.] Wild, savage.1653 A. Wilson Jas. I 75 To chace away those ferous, and indomitable Creatures.
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Affixes: -ferous
-ferous means having, bearing, or containing something, derived from Latin 'ferre' (to carry or bear) plus '-ous'. It's often ‑iferous.
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ferous, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
ferous is a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ferus, ‑ous suffix. See etymology. Nearby entries. ferny, adj.
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-ferous in actual use always -iferous (ˈɪfərəs), an adjectival suffix f. L. -fer producing (f. ferre to bear) + -ous. In Lat. the suffix -fer was always preceded by ĭ, either belonging to the stem as in pestifer, substituted for the stem-vowel as in sensifer, or inserted as a connecting vowel as in ...
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FEROUS definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
a combining form meaning “bearing,” “producing,” “ yielding,” “containing,” “ conveying,” used in the formation of compound words.
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-ferous - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
-ferous. Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “bearing an entity or entities as specified by the noun”. flagellum + -i- + -ferous ...
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-ferous | Taber's Medical Dictionary - Nursing Central
ferous ... [L. ferre, to bear] Suffix meaning producing ... Search PRIME PubMed ... Related Topics ... zinciferous ... albuminiferous ... soporiferous ... sudoriferous.
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-fer, -ferous - Word Information
(Latin: to bear, to carry; to produce; to bring) · 1. A meeting or gathering which is typically focused on a specific topic and that is attended by experts or ...
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colliferous
coˈlliferous, a. [f. L. collum neck + -ferous.] ‘Possessed of, or bearing a neck’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
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humiferous
† huˈmiferous, a. Obs. rare—0. [f. L. (h)ūmifer containing moisture, f. stem of (h)ūm-ēre, (h)ūm-idus, (h)ūm-or: see -ferous.] ‘Waterish, that brings moisture’ (Blount Glossogr. 1656).
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æstiferous
† æˈstiferous, a. Obs.—0 [f. L. æstus heat, tide + -ferous bearing, bringing.] ‘Ebbing and flowing as the tide.’ Bailey, vol. II, 1731. ‘Turbulent as the tide.’ Ash 1775.
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