Ferous \Fe"rous\, a. [L. ferus. See Fierce.] Wild; savage. [R.] --Arthur Wilson.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
-ferous \-fer*ous\ [L. -fer. fr. ferre to bear. See Bear to support.] A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.