a.; also 7 airiferous. [f. L. āer air + -FEROUS. Cf. mod. Fr. aérifère, possibly the direct model.] Bearing or conveying air.
1687. H. More, App. to Antidote (1712), 232. Who have not only observ’d the succiferous but also airiferous vessels of Plants.
1868. Duncan, Insect World, Introd. 16. The body of the goat-moth caterpillar is traversed in all directions by 1,572 aeriferous tubes.
