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ossivorous

ossivorous adjective: bone-eating; of an animal, given to chewing on bones.

Adjective

ossivorous (not comparable)

  1. Bone-eating; of an animal, given to chewing on bones.

Origin of ossivorous

See osseo-, -vorous. By surface analysis, ossi- + -vorous.

Questions about ossivorous

What does ossivorous mean?
Ossivorous means bone-eating; of an animal, given to chewing on bones.
What part of speech is ossivorous?
Ossivorous is an adjective.

Words near ossivorous in the dictionary

  1. ossilegium
  2. Ossining
  3. Ossipee
  4. ossiphagous
  5. ossiphagy
  6. ossivorous
  7. Ossman
  8. Ossmans
  9. osso bucco
  10. osso buco
  11. ossobuco

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