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au⋅rif⋅er⋅ous

  [aw-rif-er-uhs]
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–adjective
yielding or containing gold.
Origin:
1720–30; < L aurifer gold-bearing (see auri- 1 , -fer ) + -ous
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au·rif·er·ous   (ô-rĭf'ər-əs)   
adj.  Containing gold; gold-bearing.

[From Latin aurifer, gold-bearing : aurum, gold + -fer, -fer.]
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Auriferous

Au*rif"er*ous\, a. [L. aurifer; aurum gold + ferre to bear: cf. F. aurif[`e]re.] Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold.

Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays. --Thomson.

Auriferous pyrites, iron pyrites (iron disulphide), containing some gold disseminated through it.
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