The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ferriferous
Ferriferous \Fer*rif"er*ous\, a. [L. ferrum iron + -ferous: cf. F. ferrif[`e]re.] Producing or yielding iron.
Wiktionary
ferriferous
a. Containing iron (as in ferriferous rock).
Usage examples of "ferriferous".
The headland rose more than sixty feet above the sea-level, and the azure waters of the Mediterranean, as they softly kissed the strand, were tinged with the reddish hue of the ferriferous rocks that formed its base.
It could fly close, to nudge ferriferous objects into trajectories for collection.