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Webster 1913 Edition
Balaniferous
Balˊa-nif′er-ous
,Adj.
[L.
balanus
acorn + -ferous
.] Bearing or producing acorns.
Definition 2024
balaniferous
balaniferous
English
Adjective
balaniferous (comparative more balaniferous, superlative most balaniferous)
- (nonce word) Bearing or producing acorns.
- Charles Darwin
- A few miles north of Coquimbo, I met with the ferruginous, balaniferous mass (E) with many silicified bones; I was informed that these silicified bones occur also at Tonguay, south of Coquimbo […]
- Charles Darwin