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lanigerous

lanigerous adjective: bearing or producing wool.

Adjective

lanigerous (comparative more lanigerous, superlative most lanigerous)

  1. Bearing or producing wool.
    Synonyms:
    laniferous

Synonyms of lanigerous

Forms of lanigerous

comparativemore lanigerous
superlativemost lanigerous

Origin of lanigerous

From Latin laniger, from lano (“wool”) + gerere (“to bear”).

Words that rhyme with lanigerous

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Questions about lanigerous

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

Words near lanigerous in the dictionary

  1. laniferous
  2. lanifice
  3. lanifices
  4. Lanigan
  5. Lanigans
  6. lanigerous
  7. laniid
  8. laniids
  9. laniisoma
  10. laniisomas
  11. laninamivir

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