teliferous

== English == === Etymology === From Latin tēlum (“dart, spear, missile, offensive weapon, javelin”) + -ferous (“producing, containing”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs === Adjective === teliferous (not comparable) (zoology, obsolete) Having nematocysts or stinging cells. ==== Related terms ==== === References === “teliferous, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Teliferous”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IX, Part 2 (Su–Th), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 152, column 3.