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poriferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
porif-er-ous
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having pores.

adj

Of or related to the Porifera.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From pore + -i- + -ferous.

Inflected Forms

more poriferous (comparative) most poriferous (superlative)

Derived Forms

interporiferous

Synonyms

porous

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does poriferous mean?
Having pores.
Where does poriferous come from?
From pore + -i- + -ferous.

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