veliferous
English
editEtymology
editLatin velifer, from Latin velum (“sail”) + fero (“to bear”), + -ous
Adjective
editveliferous (not comparable)
- Having or bearing a sail.
- 1841, Thomas Rymer Jones, A General Outline of the Animal Kingdom, page 443:
- With its veliferous arms thus firmly embracing its abode, the Argonaut has two modes of progression.