Etymology

rhabdiferous

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Today it means: Being a type of sponge cell with many rodlike inclusions and secreting mucopolysaccharide. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ῥάβδος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromῥάβδος“rod”
  2. English todayrhabdiferous

From rhabd-, from Ancient Greek ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “rod”) + -iferous.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekῥάβδος all →

rhabdo-rhabdus

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