Meanings
adjectivealiferous (comparative more aliferous, superlative most aliferous)
comparative more aliferous · superlative most aliferous
- Having wings; winged
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱs-
- Proto-Italic*aksis
- Latinaxis
- Latin*axla
- Latinala
- Englishaliferous
From Latin ala (“wing”) + English -iferous.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with aliferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferousantheriferous
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APA
aliferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aliferous
MLA
“aliferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aliferous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aliferous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aliferous.
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