(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:38:16

-fer*ous (?). [L. -fer. fr. ferre to bear. See Bear to support.]

A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.

 

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