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costiferous

costiferous adjective: bearing or having ribs.

Adjective

costiferous (not comparable)

  1. Bearing or having ribs.
    • the costiferous dorsal vertebrae
    • costiferous vertebrates

Origin of costiferous

From costa + -i- + -ferous.

Questions about costiferous

What does costiferous mean?
Costiferous means bearing or having ribs.
What part of speech is costiferous?
Costiferous is an adjective.

Words near costiferous in the dictionary

  1. costicartilage
  2. costicartilages
  3. costicosteroid
  4. Costie
  5. Costies
  6. costiferous
  7. costiform
  8. Costigan
  9. Costigans
  10. Costiglio
  11. Costilla

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