veliferous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin velifer, from Latin velum (“sail”) + fero (“to bear”), + -ous
Adjective[edit]
veliferous (not comparable)
- Having or bearing a sail.
- 1841, Thomas Rymer Jones, A General Outline of the Animal Kingdom, page 443:
- With its veliferous arms thus firmly embracing its abode, the Argonaut has two modes of progression.