-urous

adjective combining form

-u·​rous

variants or -ourous

¦(y)u̇rəs,

¦(y)ür-

: tailed

xiphurous

anourous

Word History

Etymology

New Latin -urus, -ourus, from Greek -ouros, from oura tail; akin to Greek orrhos buttocks

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