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lyriferous

lyriferous adjective: having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes do.

Adjective

lyriferous (comparative more lyriferous, superlative most lyriferous)

  1. Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes do.

Forms of lyriferous

comparativemore lyriferous
superlativemost lyriferous

Origin of lyriferous

From lyre + -i- + -ferous.

Questions about lyriferous

What does lyriferous mean?
Lyriferous means having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes do.
What part of speech is lyriferous?
Lyriferous is an adjective.

Words near lyriferous in the dictionary

  1. lyrics
  2. Lyrid
  3. Lyrids
  4. lyrie
  5. lyries
  6. lyriferous
  7. lyrifissure
  8. lyrifissures
  9. lyriform
  10. lyring
  11. lyrism

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