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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

ossiferous en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin os, ossis (“bone”) + -ferous. Compare French ossifère.

Meanings

  1. Containing or yielding bone.
    • In the ossiferous caves we found many intact skeletons.

Forms

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more ossiferous Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most ossiferous Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (5)

el οστεοφόρος (containing or yielding bone) · el κοκκαλοφόρος (containing or yielding bone) · it ossifero (containing or yielding bone) · el κοκαλοφόρος (containing or yielding bone) · ga cnámhar (containing or yielding bone)