a. [f. L. tūbercul-um TUBERCLE + -I)FEROUS.] Bearing tubercles.

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1822.  J. Parkinson, Outl. Oryctol., 224. Distant tuberculiferous ribs on the larger valve; tubercles fornicated.

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1846.  Dana, Zooph. (1848), 140. Sides naked above, below tuberculiferous and tubercles perforate.

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