Ossiferous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ossiferous \Os*sif"er*ous\, a. [L. os, ossis, a bone + -ferous:
     cf. F. ossif[`e]re.]
     Containing or yielding bone.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  ossiferous
       adj : containing bones (especially fossil bones); "ossiferous
             caves"