ossiferous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin os, ossis (“bone”) + -ferous. Compare French ossifère.
Adjective[edit]
ossiferous (comparative more ossiferous, superlative most ossiferous)
- containing or yielding bone
- In the ossiferous caves we found many intact skeletons.
Translations[edit]
containing or yielding bone
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References[edit]
- “ossiferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.