D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

-ferous

· -fer·ous · IPA /-fəɹəs/
01 A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.
  1. 1.
    A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.