Meanings
adjectivelanigerous (comparative more lanigerous, superlative most lanigerous)
comparative more lanigerous · superlative most lanigerous
- Bearing or producing wool.
Synonyms: laniferous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveBearing or producing wool.
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Origin
- Latinlaniger
- Englishlanigerous
From Latin laniger, from lano (“wool”) + gerere (“to bear”).
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Rhymes with lanigerous
armigerousascigerousaurigerouscalcigerouscauligerouschaetigerouscirrigerouscoralligerouscornigerouscotyligerouscrinigerouscrucigerousdentigerouselytrigerousoperculigerousovigerouspalpigerouspedigerouspiligerousplumigerouspolypigerousproligerouspubigerouspupigerous
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APA
lanigerous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lanigerous
MLA
“lanigerous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lanigerous. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lanigerous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lanigerous.
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