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OSSIFEROUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ossiferous mean?
• OSSIFEROUS (adjective)
The adjective OSSIFEROUS has 1 sense:
1. containing bones (especially fossil bones)
Familiarity information: OSSIFEROUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Containing bones (especially fossil bones)
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
ossiferous caves
Pertainym:
bone (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
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