poriferous
poriferous adjective: having pores.
Adjective
poriferous (comparative more poriferous, superlative most poriferous)
- Having pores.
- The poriferous zones form the line of demarcation between these two classes of columnar plates.2015, Thomas Wright, Monograph on the British Fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous Formations
- Of or related to the Porifera.
Forms of poriferous
| comparative | more poriferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most poriferous |
Origin of poriferous
From pore + -i- + -ferous.
Words formed from poriferous
Words that rhyme with poriferous
- melliferous
- proliferous
- aestiferous
- antheriferous
- aquiferous
- conchiferous
- cruciferous
- culmiferous
- foraminiferous
- gemmiferous
- herbiferous
- luciferous
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- magnetiferous
- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- 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
- calcariferous
Questions about poriferous
- What does poriferous mean?
- Poriferous means having pores.
- What part of speech is poriferous?
- Poriferous is an adjective.
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