-phorus
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Translingual
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Etymology
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Suffix
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Derived terms
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Translingual
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Etymology
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From
Ancient Greek
φέρω
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phérō
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(pherō, “to bring, to bear”).
Suffix
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-phorus
Used to form nouns naming organisms that seem to bear something suggesting what is named by a preceding word element such as a prefix
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Translingual terms suffixed with -phorus
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Aechmophorus
Odontophorus
Sakesphorus
Xiphophorus
Telephorus
Electrophorus
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