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FERRIFEROUS

\fɛɹˈɪfəɹəs], \fɛɹˈɪfəɹəs], \f_ɛ_ɹ_ˈɪ_f_ə_ɹ_ə_s]\

Definitions of FERRIFEROUS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Producing or yielding iron.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Producing or yielding iron.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Bearing or yielding iron.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

fer-rif'[.e]r-us, adj. bearing or yielding iron. [L. ferrum, iron, ferre, to bear.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Iron-yielding.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

Containing or yielding iron.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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