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galeniferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
galenif-er-ous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

of a mineral or deposit: that contains galena

Etymology

From galena + -i- + -ferous.

Inflected Forms

more galeniferous (comparative) most galeniferous (superlative)

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

What does galeniferous mean?
of a mineral or deposit: that contains galena
Where does galeniferous come from?
From galena + -i- + -ferous.

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