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siphoniferous

siphoniferous adjective: siphon-bearing.

Adjective

siphoniferous (comparative more siphoniferous, superlative most siphoniferous)

  1. Siphon-bearing.
    • The shell of the nautilus is siphoniferous.
    • siphoniferous mollusc

Forms of siphoniferous

comparativemore siphoniferous
superlativemost siphoniferous

Origin of siphoniferous

From siphon + -i- + -ferous.

Questions about siphoniferous

What does siphoniferous mean?
Siphoniferous means siphon-bearing.
What part of speech is siphoniferous?
Siphoniferous is an adjective.

Words near siphoniferous in the dictionary

  1. siphonet
  2. siphonets
  3. siphonia
  4. siphonial
  5. siphonic
  6. siphoniferous
  7. siphoniform
  8. siphoning
  9. siphoning the python
  10. siphonings
  11. siphoninid

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