ossiferous

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

ossiferous (comparative more ossiferous, superlative most ossiferous)

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

Translations

containing or yielding bone

Greek: οστεοφόρος (el) (osteofóros), κοκκαλοφόρος (kokkalofóros), κοκαλοφόρος (kokalofóros)
Irish: cnámhar
Italian: ossifero

References

“ossiferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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