Insectiferous

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

Etymology

From insect + -i- + -ferous.

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