aeriferous (aeriferus)

[L. aër, air, + ferre = E. bear1.] Conveying air, as the tracheæ and bronchial tubes of air-breathing vertebrates or the tracheæ of insects. aërif i cation (a"e-ri-fi-kā'shon), n. [ air.-2. The act of becoming air, or of changing into an aëriform state, as substances which are converted from a liquid or solid form into gas or an elastic vapor; the state of being aëri form. aëriform (a'e-ri-form), a. [ aëro-. [NL., etc., aërobe (a'e-rōb), n. One of the aërobia. aërobia (a-e-rō'bi-ä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of aerobius, aerobian (a-e-ro'bi-an), a. Relating to or characteristic of aërobia (which see); dependent 94 upon air for life. An equivalent form is aëro bio us.