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a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in
-phore:
gonophorous.
Origin:
< NL
-phorus
< Gk
-phoros
bearing.
See
-phore
,
-ous
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-phorous
suff. Bearing:
gonophorous.
[From Greek
-phoros
, from
pherein
,
to carry
; see
bher-
1
in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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