poriferous

1. 1.

   full of pores or vessels or holes

   Synonymsporous

   Similarporose

Questions about poriferous

What does poriferous mean?

poriferous means "full of pores or vessels or holes".

How many syllables are in poriferous?

poriferous has 4 syllables: po-ri-fe-rous. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for poriferous?

Close synonyms include porous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is poriferous a common word?

poriferous 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.