ferrivorous
/fɛˈrɪv(ə)rəs/ /fəˈrɪv(ə)rəs/rare
adjective
That eats or feeds on iron, or is thought to do so.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in William Smellie (1740–1795), printer, editor, and author. From ferri- + -vorous, after French ferrivore or its etymon scientific Latin ferrivora.
- reciprocalize
- reciprocally
- reciprocalness
- reciprocal proportion
- reciprocal ratio
- reciprocal spiral
- reciprocant
- reciprocate
- reciprocately
- reciprocating engine
- reciprocation
- reciprocative
- reciprocator
- reciprocatory
- reciprocitarian
- reciprocity
- reciprocity failure
- reciprocity law
- reciprocity theorem
- reciprocous
- reciprocy
- recircle
- recirculate
- recirculating ball
- recirculation