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-genous

-genous suffix: producing or yielding.

Suffix

-genous

  1. Producing or yielding.

Origin of -genous

From -gen + -ous.

Questions about -genous

What does -genous mean?
-genous means producing or yielding.
What part of speech is -genous?
-genous is a suffix.

Words near -genous in the dictionary

  1. -gene
  2. -geneses
  3. -genesis
  4. -genic
  5. -genin
  6. -genous
  7. -geny
  8. -gerous
  9. -gest
  10. -gesterone
  11. -gestr-

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