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balaniferous en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin balanus (“acorn”) + -ferous. By surface analysis, balan(us) + -i- + -fer + -ous.

Meanings

1. (nonce-word) Bearing or producing acorns.
   • A few miles north of Coquimbo, I met with the ferruginous, balaniferous mass (E) with many silicified bones; I was informed that these silicified bones occur also at Tonguay, south of Coquimbo […] 1846, Charles Darwin, Geological Observations on South America:

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