Definition of "osseous" []

• Composed of, containing, or resembling bone; bony. (adjective)

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• "As already remarked, the main point of difference, upon which scientific naturalists rely, is found in the horns; those of the deer being termed osseous, or bony, while these appendages in the antelopes are true horns -- that is, of the same material as the horns of oxen."
• "An artists vague, origional interpretaion of the skeletal system, also known as osseous tissue."
• "In the third class come tissues the cells of which have fused by their walls, but whose cell-cavities are not in continuity, such as osseous tissue and cartilage."