Usually means: Containing or yielding metal ores.
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  1. metalliferous: Merriam-Webster
  2. metalliferous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. metalliferous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. metalliferous: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. metalliferous: Wiktionary
  7. metalliferous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. metalliferous: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. metalliferous: Infoplease Dictionary
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  12. metalliferous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Metalliferous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. metalliferous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. metalliferous: FreeDictionary.org
  16. metalliferous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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Definitions from Wiktionary (metalliferous)

▸ adjective:  (metallurgy) Containing a metallic element. Often used to describe ores that are mined commercially.

Similar:
metallic, metalliform, manganiferous, metallous, metallogenic, metally, metallical, intermetallic, metalish, manganesic, more...

Opposite:
nonmetallic, nonmetal, non-metal, non-ferrous

Adjectives:
more, non, highly, very, eminently, only, general

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Similar:
metallic, metalliform, manganiferous, metallous, metallogenic, metally, metallical, intermetallic, metalish, manganesic, more...

Opposite:
nonmetallic, nonmetal, non-metal, non-ferrous

Adjectives:
more, non, highly, very, eminently, only, general



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