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laniferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lan-i-f-er-ous
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Bearing or producing wool.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin lanifer, from lana (“wool”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare French lanifèare.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *h₂welh₁-, lanifer

Inflected Forms

more laniferous (comparative) most laniferous (superlative)

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does laniferous mean?
Bearing or producing wool.
Where does laniferous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce laniferous

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