| 单词 |
veliferous |
| 释义 |
veliferous, a.|viːˈlɪfərəs| [f. L. vēlifer, f. vēlum velum: see -ferous.] †1. Carrying sails. Obs.
1656Blount Glossogr., Veliferous, that bears saile, or is under sail, as a ship. 1674Evelyn Navig. & Commerce 53 Nay, so addicted were they to Sailing, that they invented Veliferous Chariots, and to Sail upon the Land. 1697― Numismata viii. 280 Stevinus who framed the Veliferous Chariot. 2. Zool. Bearing a velum; membranous.
1871T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. (ed. 4) 614 With its veliferous arms thus firmly embracing its abode, the Argonaut has two modes of progression. |

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