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exosseous

exosseous adjective: boneless.

Adjective

exosseous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, literal or figurative) boneless
    • snails, a soft and exosseous animal1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin of exosseous

From ex- + osseous.

Questions about exosseous

What does exosseous mean?
Exosseous means boneless.
What part of speech is exosseous?
Exosseous is an adjective.

Words near exosseous in the dictionary

  1. exosporium
  2. exosporous
  3. exosporulation
  4. exospory
  5. exossation
  6. exosseous
  7. exostectomies
  8. exostectomy
  9. exostema
  10. exostemas
  11. exostome

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