a. [f. L. aqui- (see next) + -FEROUS.] Conveying or yielding water.

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1836.  Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 43/2. The aquiferous canals of the ciliograda.

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1858.  Lewes, Sea-side Studies, 108. The Eolis has … a system of aquiferous pores.

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