fossiliferous
fossiliferous adjective: containing fossils.
Adjective
fossiliferous (comparative more fossiliferous, superlative most fossiliferous)
- Containing fossils.
- Having already described him [the whale] in most of his present habitatory and anatomical peculiarities, it now remains to magnify him in an archæological, fossiliferous, and antediluvian point of view.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Fossil Whale”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 506
- The area contains a great thickness of well exposed fossiliferous, marine strata of uppermost Cretaceous and Eocene age, and it is felt that the most continuous and complete section may be found here.1951, Max B Payne, Type Moreno formation and overlying Eocene strata on the West Side of the San Joaquin Valley, Fresno and Merced Counties, California, page 3
fossiliferous meaning in Tamil
fossiliferous in Tamil
- தொல்படிமங் கொண்ட
Forms of fossiliferous
| comparative | more fossiliferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fossiliferous |
Origin of fossiliferous
From fossil + -i- + -ferous.
Words formed from fossiliferous
Words that rhyme with fossiliferous
- melliferous
- proliferous
- aestiferous
- antheriferous
- aquiferous
- conchiferous
- cruciferous
- culmiferous
- foraminiferous
- gemmiferous
- herbiferous
- luciferous
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- magnetiferous
- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- poriferous
- radiferous
- salutiferous
- seminiferous
- stelliferous
- umbelliferous
- acetabuliferous
- acidiferous
- aeriferous
- agatiferous
- albuminiferous
- aliferous
- alkaliferous
- alumiferous
- aluminiferous
- amberiferous
- amentiferous
- ammonitiferous
- amygdaliferous
- amyliferous
- anatiferous
- angeliferous
- antenniferous
- anthraciferous
- argentiferous
- argilliferous
- armiferous
- astriferous
- auriferous
- bacciferous
- balaniferous
- balsamiferous
- belliferous
- biliferous
- bituminiferous
- branchiferous
- bulbiferous
- byssiferous
- cadmiferous
- calamiferous
Questions about fossiliferous
- What does fossiliferous mean?
- Fossiliferous means containing fossils.
- What is fossiliferous in Tamil?
- Fossiliferous in Tamil is தொல்படிமங் கொண்ட. See Fossiliferous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is fossiliferous?
- Fossiliferous is an adjective.
Words near fossiliferous in the dictionary
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