ossiferous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of ossiferous
1815–25; < Latin ossi- (combining form of os ) bone + -ferous
Vocabulary lists containing ossiferous
Example Sentences
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The ossiferous caves of the peninsula of Gower in Glamorganshire have been diligently explored of late years by Dr. Falconer and Lieutenant-Colonel E.R.
From The Antiquity of Man by Lyell, Charles, Sir
We know, however, that, before the Recent period, that continent was peopled with large kangaroos, and other herbivorous and carnivorous marsupials, of species long since extinct, their remains having been discovered in ossiferous caverns.
From The Antiquity of Man by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Its remains are found not only in Ireland but in Scotland and England, and on the Continent, where they occur in bogs, lacustrine deposits, brick-clay, and ossiferous caves.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
Brixham Cave, called also Windmill Hill Cavern, is a well-known ossiferous cave situated near Brixham, on the brow of a hill composed of Devonian limestone.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
The fragments of egg-shells, imbedded in the ossiferous deposits, had escaped the notice of all previous naturalists.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
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