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carniferous

[ kahr-nif-er-uhs ]

adjective

  1. bearing flesh.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of carniferous1

1835–45; < Latin carni- (combining form of carō flesh) + -ferous
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Example Sentences

I ain't complainin' of de carnil an' carniferous food she done give us, but of de spitichul nu'ishment.

"There would also be great competition for carniferous timber from other countries."

"It frequently occurs," said Mr. Bossolton, "in the course of my profession, that the forcible, sudden, and vehement application of any hard substance, like the hoof of a quadruped, to the soft, tender, and carniferous parts of the human frame, such as the arm, occasions a pain—a pang, I should rather say—of the intensest acuteness, and—and of the acutest intensity."

"It frequently occurs," said Mr. Bossolton, "in the course of my profession, that the forcible, sudden, and vehement application of any hard substance, like the hoof of a quadruped, to the soft, tender, and carniferous parts of the human frame, such as the arm, occasions a pain—a pang, I should rather say—of the intensest acuteness, and— and of the acutest intensity."

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