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insectiferous

insectiferous adjective: containing or producing insects.

Adjective

insectiferous (comparative more insectiferous, superlative most insectiferous)

  1. Containing or producing insects.
    • The doctor and myself slept in a long, deep, French dugout, with a heavy timbered roof, quite warm, and scarcely less insectiferous.1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 80

Forms of insectiferous

comparativemore insectiferous
superlativemost insectiferous

Origin of insectiferous

From insect + -i- + -ferous.

Words that rhyme with insectiferous

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Questions about insectiferous

What does insectiferous mean?
Insectiferous means containing or producing insects.
What part of speech is insectiferous?
Insectiferous is an adjective.

Words near insectiferous in the dictionary

  1. insecticidally
  2. insecticide
  3. insecticides
  4. insecticutor
  5. insecticutors
  6. insectiferous
  7. insectiform
  8. insectifuge
  9. insectifuges
  10. insectile
  11. insection

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