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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

ossiphagy en · NOUN

Etymology

From ossi- + -phagy.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Feeding on bones.
    • She concluded that the development of zigzag HSB in the hyainailourines correlates with ossiphagy. 2015 September 24, “A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Relateds

ossifrage · ossiphagous