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Bone Wars

Bone Wars proper noun: a period of intense and ruthlessly competitive fossil hunting and discovery during the Gilded Age of American history, marked by a heated rivalry between Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh.

Proper noun

the Bone Wars

  1. (historical) A period of intense and ruthlessly competitive fossil hunting and discovery during the Gilded Age of American history, marked by a heated rivalry between Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh.

Questions about Bone Wars

What does Bone Wars mean?
Bone Wars means a period of intense and ruthlessly competitive fossil hunting and discovery during the Gilded Age of American history, marked by a heated rivalry between Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh.
What part of speech is Bone Wars?
Bone Wars is a proper noun.

Words near Bone Wars in the dictionary

  1. bone tissue
  2. bone to pick
  3. bone turquoise
  4. bone turquoises
  5. bone up
  6. Bone Wars
  7. bone wax
  8. bone-ash
  9. bone-cage
  10. bone-cages
  11. bone-chilling

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