Meanings
adjectiveinsectiferous (comparative more insectiferous, superlative most insectiferous)
comparative more insectiferous · superlative most insectiferous
- 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.
1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 80
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with insectiferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
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APA
insectiferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insectiferous
MLA
“insectiferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insectiferous. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insectiferous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insectiferous.
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