Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ferous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ferous \Fe"rous\, a. [L. ferus. See {Fierce}.]
Wild; savage. [R.] --Arthur Wilson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
-ferous \-fer*ous\ [L. -fer. fr. ferre to bear. See {Bear} to
support.]
A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as,
auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.
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