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ossiferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
os-sif-er-ous
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Containing or yielding bone.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more ossiferous (comparative) most ossiferous (superlative)

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

What does ossiferous mean?
Containing or yielding bone.
Where does ossiferous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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