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stelliferous, a.|stɛˈlɪfərəs|
[f. L. stellifer: see stellifer and -ferous.]
Bearing stars. a. Said of the vault of heaven; loosely, † of the beams of the sun. b. Biol. Having star-shaped markings.
1583Stubbes Anat. Abuses (1877) 79 The stelliferous beames of the glistering Sun. 1616J. Lane Contn. Sqr.'s T. iii. 285 Th' whole forme to bee as round as globe edight,..its vault stelliferous. 1822J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 76 Agaricia—A stony polypifer,..the upper surfaces only having stelliferous grooves. 1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 430 Fixed, stony, developing a free foliaceous membrane, waved and sublobed, with one stelliferous face. 1849H. Miller Footpr. Creat. iii. (1874) 23 Its true scales..were not stelliferous. |