Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ferous

Ferous , adjective

[Latin ferus. See Fierce.]

Wild; savage. [Rare] — Arthur Wilson

-ferous

[Latin -fer. from ferre to bear. See Bear to support.]

A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.