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laniferous

laniferous adjective: bearing or producing wool.

Adjective

laniferous (comparative more laniferous, superlative most laniferous)

  1. Bearing or producing wool.
    • The sheep is a laniferous animal.

Forms of laniferous

comparativemore laniferous
superlativemost laniferous

Origin of laniferous

From Latin lanifer, from lana (“wool”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare French lanifèare.

Words that rhyme with laniferous

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Questions about laniferous

What does laniferous mean?
Laniferous means bearing or producing wool.
What part of speech is laniferous?
Laniferous is an adjective.

Words near laniferous in the dictionary

  1. lanichol
  2. lanier
  3. Lanier County
  4. Lanierian
  5. laniers
  6. laniferous
  7. lanifice
  8. lanifices
  9. Lanigan
  10. Lanigans
  11. lanigerous

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