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spiniferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
spinif-er-ous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having spines or thorns; spiny, thorny

Etymology

From spine + -i- + -ferous.

Inflected Forms

more spiniferous (comparative) most spiniferous (superlative)

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does spiniferous mean?
Having spines or thorns; spiny, thorny
Where does spiniferous come from?
From spine + -i- + -ferous.

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