Ceriferous
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ceriferous — [sə rif′ər əs] adj. [< L cera, wax + FEROUS] producing wax … English World dictionary
ceriferous — /si rif euhr euhs/, adj. producing or secreting wax, as a gland. [CER + I + FEROUS] * * * cerifˈerous adjective (biology) Producing wax • • • Main Entry: ↑cere * * * ceriferous, a. (sɪˈrɪfərəs) [f. L. type *cērifer (f. cēra + fer bearing) + … Useful english dictionary
ceriferous — adj. [L. cera, wax; ferre, to carry] Bearing or producing wax … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
ceriferous — /si rif euhr euhs/, adj. producing or secreting wax, as a gland. [CER + I + FEROUS] * * * … Universalium
ceriferous — adjective Containing or producing cerium … Wiktionary
ceriferous — producing wax Bearing and Carrying … Phrontistery dictionary
ceriferous — a. yielding wax … Dictionary of difficult words
Bearing and Carrying — The following table is a relatively complete listing of words relating to the bearing, exuding, carrying, emitting, or containing of things by other things. Note that almost all of them end in ferous or gerous (from the Latin ferre and gerere,… … Phrontistery dictionary
