"methaniferous" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From methane + -i- + -ferous.",
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          "ref": "1911, Gas World, volume 55, page 196:",
          "text": "But this “methaniferous” gas can be once more diluted with carbonic oxide, and passed through a second nickel apparatus.",
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          "ref": "1948, The Chemical Age, volume 59, page 43:",
          "text": "In the first of these articles C. Padovani and E. Gatti discuss the anomalous compressibility of methane and methaniferous gases when used for auto-traction.",
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        "That produces methane (used especially of certain bacteria)."
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          "sense": "producing methane",
          "word": "metanifero"
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  "word": "methaniferous"
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      "word": "metanifero"
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