ossifraga
ossifraga is the alternative form of ossifrage.
Meaning of ossifrage
Noun
ossifrage (plural ossifrages)
- Gypaetus barbatus, the bearded vulture, the diet of which is almost exclusively bone marrow.
- And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray […]1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 11:13
- The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle.
- The osprey.
- And their young Ospraies bee counted a kind of Ossifragi: from them come the lesser Geires, they againe breed the greater, which engender not at all. Some reckon yet another kind of Ægle, which they cal Barbatæ; and the Tuscanes, Ossifrage.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book X.] 3.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […]...
Forms of ossifraga
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Questions about ossifraga
- What is ossifraga the alternative form of?
- Ossifraga is the alternative form of ossifrage.
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