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Ferruginous

//fəˈɹudʒənəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Containing iron.
  2. 2
    Rusty.
  3. 3
    Rust-colored.

    "A few miles north of Coquimbo, I met with the ferruginous, balaniferous mass (E) with many silicified bones; I was informed that these silicified bones occur also at Tonguay, south of Coquimbo […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ferrūgineus, from ferrūgo (“rust”).

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