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/leuh nif"euhr euhs/, adj.wool-bearing: sheep and other laniferous animals.[1650-60; < L lanifer wool-bearing; see LANI-, -FEROUS]
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Laniferous — La*nif er*ous, n. [L. lanifer; lana wool + ferre to bear: cf. F. lanif[ e]re.] Bearing or producing wool. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
laniferous — [lənij′ər əslə nif′ər əs] adj. [< L lanifer (< lana, WOOL + ferre, BEAR1) + OUS] bearing wool or fine hairs resembling wool; fleecy: also lanigerous [lənij′ər əs] … English World dictionary
laniferous — wool bearing Bearing and Carrying … Phrontistery dictionary
laniferous — adj. woolly, bearing wool … English contemporary dictionary
laniferous — adj. (also lanigerous) wool bearing. Etymology: L lanifer, ger f. lana wool … Useful english dictionary
la|nig|er|ous — «luh NIHJ uhr uhs», adjective. = laniferous. (Cf. ↑laniferous) … Useful english dictionary
lani- — a combining form meaning wool, used in the formation of compound words: laniferous. [ < LL, comb. form of lana WOOL; akin to Gk lênos wool] * * * … Universalium
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
lan- — combining form or lani or lano Etymology: Latin lan , lani , from lana more at wool : wool lan … Useful english dictionary
lani- — see lan * * * a combining form meaning wool, used in the formation of compound words: laniferous. [ < LL, comb. form of lana WOOL; akin to Gk lênos wool] … Useful english dictionary
