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Definition of "ossiferous" [os•sif•er•ous]

  • Containing or yielding bone (adjective)

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Use "ossiferous" in a sentence
  • "On the discovery of an ossiferous cavern of Pliocene age at Dove Holes, Buxton (Derbyshire)."
  • "To it also must be referred the _till_ of Scotland and the great brown clay of England, and our vast beds of gravel and superficial rubbish, connected with the deluvium in the history of _ossiferous caverns_, of which that examined by Dr. BUCKLAND at Kirkdale is an example."
  • "_Brixham Cave_, called also Windmill Hill Cavern, is a well-known ossiferous cave situated near Brixham, on the brow of a hill composed of"
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