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reptiliferous

reptiliferous adjective: containing fossils of reptiles.

Adjective

reptiliferous (not comparable)

  1. Containing fossils of reptiles.

Origin of reptiliferous

From reptile + -i- + -ferous.

Words that rhyme with reptiliferous

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Questions about reptiliferous

What does reptiliferous mean?
Reptiliferous means containing fossils of reptiles.
What part of speech is reptiliferous?
Reptiliferous is an adjective.

Words near reptiliferous in the dictionary

  1. reptilianness
  2. reptilians
  3. reptiliaries
  4. reptiliary
  5. reptilic
  6. reptiliferous
  7. reptiliform
  8. reptiliology
  9. reptiliomorph
  10. reptiliomorphs
  11. reptilious

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