fossiliferous

1. 1.

   bearing or containing fossils

   “fossiliferous strata”

Questions about fossiliferous

What does fossiliferous mean?

fossiliferous means "bearing or containing fossils".

How many syllables are in fossiliferous?

fossiliferous has 5 syllables: fos-si-lif-e-rous. The stress falls on "lif". In IPA it is /ˌfɑsəˈlɪfɚəs/.

Is fossiliferous a common word?

fossiliferous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.