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Webster 1913 Edition


-ferous

-fer-ous

.
[L.
-fer
. fr. ferre to bear. See
Bear
to support.]
A suffix signifying
bearing
,
producing
,
yielding
;
as, auri
ferous
, yielding gold; chyli
ferous
, producing chyle.

Definition 2024


-ferous

-ferous

See also: ferous

English

Suffix

-ferous

  1. producing the specified material
  2. containing the specified material

Derived terms

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