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purpuriferous, a.|pɜːpjʊəˈrɪfərəs|
[f. L. purpura purple dye + -ferous: in F. purpurifère.]
Producing purple; also Zool., of or pertaining to the Purpurifera, a division of gastropods containing those which yield the purple dye.
1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Purpuriferus,..applied by Lamarck to a Family (Purpurifera..) of the Trachelipoda..: purpuriferous. 1870Rock Text. Fabr. vii. (1876) 75 The class mollusca and purpurifera family. |