Meaning

2 senses
  1. Having pores.

    full of pores or vessels or holes

  2. Of or related to the Porifera.

Origin

From pore + -i- + -ferous.

From pore + -i- + -ferous.

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Forms

more poriferous, most poriferous
Comparativemore poriferous Lesson
Superlativemost poriferous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • full of pores or vessels or holes:porous

Word family

2 related words
Relatedpore

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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