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-ferous

CIDE DICTIONARY

-ferous,  [L. -fer. fr. ferre to bear. See Bear to support.].
     A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

-ferous, comb. form (usu. -iferous) forming adjectives with the sense 'bearing', 'having' (auriferous; odoriferous).

Derivative
-ferously suffix -ferousness suffix
Etymology
from or after F -f{egrave}re or L -fer producing f. ferre bear

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