-merous

mérous English Etymology en :af fr:-mère grc:-μερής :af -ous 1 From en fr -mère and its etymon en grc -μερής having (the specified number of) parts”, “sharing: the combining form of grc μέρος part) with the English suffix en -ous; compare the en -mer and en -mere, as well as the fr -mère and the de -mer. Pronunciation -mərəs RP, en /-məɹəs/ -mərəs US, en /-məɹəs/ Suffix en biology forming adjectives Having parts of the specified quality. en chiefly botany and zoology forming adjectives Comprising the specified number of parts. Usage notes In biological descriptions, it is common to use numbers instead the Greek prefixes. Derived terms en References “-merous” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989) “-merous, comb. form” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, June 2010) Anagrams en emorsu Mouser moeurs mouser oremus