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-ferous
(-ferous)
Syllabification:
On
Off
(usually
-iferous
)
suffix
having, bearing, or containing (a specified thing):
Carboniferous
pestiferous
Origin:
from French
-fère
or Latin
-fer
'producing', from
ferre
'to bear'
Nearby Words
fermion
fermium
fern
fern bar
Fernando Póo
fernbird
fernbrake
ferocious
ferocity
-ferous
-ferously
-ferousness
ferox
Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani de
Ferrara
Ferrari, Enzo
Ferraro, Geraldine Anne
ferrate
Ferrel's law