-phorous

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

   gonophorous.

Word History and Origins

Origin of -phorous¹

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

Example Sentences

Phosphoresc′ent, shining in the dark like phosphorus; Phosphor′ic, Phos′phorous, pertaining to or obtained from phosphorus.—ns.

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Hypophosphor′ic, Hypophos′phorous, containing less oxygen than phosphorous acid contains.

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The Phorous, or carrier, otherwise the mineralogist, is remarkable for its extraordinary habit of cementing to its exterior stones of irregular size, and in some cases dead shells of other species, an office performed by the use of an exceptionally long tongue.

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