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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

ossis

, bone +

vorare

to devour: cf. F.

ossivore

Feeding on bones; eating bones;

as,

ossivorous

quadrupeds

Derham.

Adj.

[L. os, bone, and voro, to eat.]

Feeding on bones; eating bones; as ossivorous quadrupeds.

ossivorous ‎(not comparable)