fossiliferous [fos-uh-lif-er-uh s] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- bearing or containing fossils, as rocks or strata.
Origin of fossiliferous First recorded in 1840–50; fossil + -i- + -ferous Related formsnon·fos·sil·if·er·ous, adjectiveun·fos·sil·if·er·ous, adjective Examples from the Web for fossiliferous Historical Examples of fossiliferous
The abnormal character of much of the fossiliferous deposits.
George McCready Price
Some kinds of deposits are more often fossiliferous than others.
The Principles of Stratigraphical Geology
J. E. Marr
The Metamorphic strata, why less calcareous than the fossiliferous.
A Manual of Elementary Geology
Charles Lyell.
It is fossiliferous, one of the commonest of its shells being the Terebratula.
Herbert W Tompkins
They have yet another and fourth title, which is, Fossiliferous Rocks.
Young Folks’ Library, Volume XI (of 20)
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British Dictionary definitions for fossiliferous fossiliferous adjective
- (of sedimentary rocks) containing fossils
Word Origin and History for fossiliferous adj.
by 1830, from fossil + -ferous “producing, containing,” from ferre “to bear” (see infer).