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Definition of Ossiferous
1. Adjective. Containing bones (especially fossil bones). "Ossiferous caves"
Definition of Ossiferous
1. a. Containing or yielding bone.
Definition of Ossiferous
1. Adjective. Containing or yielding bone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Ossiferous
1. Containing or yielding bone. Origin: L. Os, ossis, a bone: cf. F. Ossifere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ossiferous
Literary usage of Ossiferous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"... the Royal Society, and published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1823.
On the authority of Professor Owen, the ossiferous caverns and fissures ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"ossiferous Caves at Uphill.—-Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor C.
LLOYD MORGAN (Chairman'), Mr. H. BOLTON (Secretary), Professor W. BOYD ..."
3. Manual of Geology: Theoretical and Practical by John Phillips (1885)
"To the pre-glacial period belongs the greater number of ossiferous caves and ...
ossiferous Caverns, how Situated.—In the first place, they are generally, ..."
4. Elements of Geology: Intended for the Use of Students by Samuel St. John (1852)
"Various beds of sand and gravel scattered over the valleys and plains are called
ossiferous, because they contain bones of the elephant, hippopotamus, bear, ..."
5. Practical Geology and Mineralogy: With Instructions for the Qualitative by Joshua Trimmer (1841)
"ossiferous CAVERNS.—ERRATIC BLOCKS AND DILUVIUM.— BAISED BEACHES. ... ossiferous
caverns of Germany; England; Kirk- dale Caee—osseous breccias of the ..."
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