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CarboniferousCarboniferous Car`bon*if"er*ous
(k[aum]r`b[o^]n*[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [Carbon + -ferous.]
Producing or containing carbon or coal.
Carboniferous age (Geol.), the age immediately following
the Devonian, or Age of fishes, and characterized by the
vegetation which formed the coal beds. This age embraces
three periods, the Subcarboniferous, the Carboniferous,
and Permian. See Age of acrogens, under Acrogen.
Carboniferous formation (Geol.), the series of rocks
(including sandstones, shales, limestones, and
conglomerates, with beds of coal) which make up the strata
of the Carboniferous age or period. See the Diagram under
Geology. Carboniferous ageCarboniferous Car`bon*if"er*ous
(k[aum]r`b[o^]n*[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [Carbon + -ferous.]
Producing or containing carbon or coal.
Carboniferous age (Geol.), the age immediately following
the Devonian, or Age of fishes, and characterized by the
vegetation which formed the coal beds. This age embraces
three periods, the Subcarboniferous, the Carboniferous,
and Permian. See Age of acrogens, under Acrogen.
Carboniferous formation (Geol.), the series of rocks
(including sandstones, shales, limestones, and
conglomerates, with beds of coal) which make up the strata
of the Carboniferous age or period. See the Diagram under
Geology. Carboniferous formationCarboniferous Car`bon*if"er*ous
(k[aum]r`b[o^]n*[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [Carbon + -ferous.]
Producing or containing carbon or coal.
Carboniferous age (Geol.), the age immediately following
the Devonian, or Age of fishes, and characterized by the
vegetation which formed the coal beds. This age embraces
three periods, the Subcarboniferous, the Carboniferous,
and Permian. See Age of acrogens, under Acrogen.
Carboniferous formation (Geol.), the series of rocks
(including sandstones, shales, limestones, and
conglomerates, with beds of coal) which make up the strata
of the Carboniferous age or period. See the Diagram under
Geology. ConiferousConiferous Co*nif"er*ous, a.
(a) Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
(b) Pertaining to the order Coniferae, of which the pine
tree is the type. Doniferous
Doniferous Do*nif"er*ous, a. [L. donum gift + -ferous.]
Bearing gifts. [R.]
Embryoniferous
Embryoniferous Em`bry*o*nif"er*ous, a. [Embryo + -ferous.]
(Biol.)
Having an embryo.
Pulmoniferous
Pulmoniferous Pul`mo*nif"er*ous, a. [L. pulmo, -onis, a lung +
-ferous.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having lungs; pulmonate.
Siphoniferous
Siphoniferous Si"phon*if"er*ous, a. [Siphon + -ferous.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Siphon-bearing, as the shell of the nautilus and other
cephalopods.
Soniferous
Soniferous So*nif"er*ous, a. [L. sonus sound + -ferous.]
Sounding; producing sound; conveying sound.
Stoloniferous
Stoloniferous Stol`o*nif"er*ous, a. [Stolon + -ferous: cf. F.
stolonif[`e]re.]
Producing stolons; putting forth suckers.
Subcarboniferous
Subcarboniferous Sub*car`bon*if"er*ous, a. (Geol.)
Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Carboniferous
formations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a
marine formation characterized in general by beds of
limestone. -- n. The Subcarboniferous period or formation.
Turioniferous
Turioniferous Tu`ri*o*nif"er*ous, a. [L. turio a sprout +
-ferous.]
Producing shoots, as asparagus. --Barton.
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