ossiferous

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ossiferous

Rhymes with -ɪfəɹəs

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

adjective more ossiferous · most ossiferous

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

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adj containing or yielding bone

Italiano	ossifero
Ελληνικά	οστεοφόρος osteofóros, κοκκαλοφόρος kokkalofóros, κοκαλοφόρος kokalofóros

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@misc{ossiferous_2026,
  title = {ossiferous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ossiferous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}