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-phorous

a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -phore: gonophorous.

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Origin of -phorous

<New Latin -phorus<Greek -phoros bearing. See -phore, -ous

Words nearby -phorous

phormium, phoro-, phoronid, phoro-optometer, phoropter, -phorous, phos-, phosgene, phosgenite, phosph-, phosphagen
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