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insectiferous

adj

Etymology

From insect + -i- + -ferous.

  1. calqued from ἔντομον
  2. derived from īnsectum
  3. borrowed from insecte
  4. formed as insectiferous — “insect + -i- + -ferous”

Definitions

  1. Containing or producing insects.

    • The doctor and myself slept in a long, deep, French dugout, with a heavy timbered roof, quite warm, and scarcely less insectiferous.

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