Reference meaning
-ferous
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Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “bearing an entity or entities as specified by the noun”.
Other meanings
2. suffix
Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “producing a material as specified by the noun”.
3. suffix
Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense “containing a material as specified by the noun”.
4. adjective
wild; savage; feral
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