laniferous

English

Etymology

From Latin lanifer, from lana (“wool”) + ferre (“to bear”). Compare French lanifèare.

Adjective

laniferous (comparative more laniferous, superlative most laniferous)

Bearing or producing wool.
The sheep is a laniferous animal.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for laniferous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

isoflurane

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