Definition of Ossiferous

1. Adjective. Containing bones (especially fossil bones). "Ossiferous caves"

Partainyms: Bone

Definition of Ossiferous

1. a. Containing or yielding bone.

Definition of Ossiferous

1. Adjective. Containing or yielding bone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Ossiferous

1. Containing or yielding bone. Origin: L. Os, ossis, a bone: cf. F. Ossifere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ossiferous

ossicle
ossicles
ossicone
ossicula
ossicula auditus
ossicula mentalia
ossicular
ossicular chain
ossicular prosthesis
ossicular replacement
ossiculate
ossiculated
ossiculectomy
ossiculotomy
ossiculum
ossiferous (current term)
ossific
ossific centre
ossification
ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament
ossifications
ossified
ossifier
ossifiers
ossifies
ossiform
ossifrage
ossifrages
ossifragous
ossify

Literary usage of Ossiferous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"... the Royal Society, and published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1823. On the authority of Professor Owen, the ossiferous caverns and fissures ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"ossiferous Caves at Uphill.—-Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor C. LLOYD MORGAN (Chairman'), Mr. H. BOLTON (Secretary), Professor W. BOYD ..."

3. Manual of Geology: Theoretical and Practical by John Phillips (1885)
"To the pre-glacial period belongs the greater number of ossiferous caves and ... ossiferous Caverns, how Situated.—In the first place, they are generally, ..."

4. Elements of Geology: Intended for the Use of Students by Samuel St. John (1852)
"Various beds of sand and gravel scattered over the valleys and plains are called ossiferous, because they contain bones of the elephant, hippopotamus, bear, ..."

5. Practical Geology and Mineralogy: With Instructions for the Qualitative by Joshua Trimmer (1841)
"ossiferous CAVERNS.—ERRATIC BLOCKS AND DILUVIUM.— BAISED BEACHES. ... ossiferous caverns of Germany; England; Kirk- dale Caee—osseous breccias of the ..."

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