Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

viruliferous

/ˌvɪɹəˈlɪfəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vir-ulif-er-ous
IPA: /ˌvɪɹəˈlɪfəɹəs/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Virus-carrying, especially of insects which infest agricultural crops.

Example Sentences

"Circumstantial evidence suggests that heavy infestation by viruliferous aphids can overcome the highest degree of host plant resistance."
"Viruliferous curl mites increase during summer on volunteer wheat, and are carried by air currents into the new wheat crop."
"Maize streak virus, an endemic pathogen of native African grasses, was then carried to maize plants by viruliferous leafhoppers."

Etymology

From virulence + -i- + -ferous.

Inflected Forms

more viruliferous (comparative) most viruliferous (superlative)

Derived Forms

aviruliferous nonviruliferous

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce viruliferous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌvɪɹəˈlɪfəɹəs/.
What does viruliferous mean?: Virus-carrying, especially of insects which infest agricultural crops.
Where does viruliferous come from?: From virulence + -i- + -ferous.

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