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  1. ossivorousadjective

    Bone eating, of an animal given to chewing on bones.

  2. Etymology: oss (bone) + -vore (eating) + -ous

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Ossivorousadjective

    Devouring bones.

    Etymology: ossa and voro.

    The bore of the gullet is not in all creatures alike answerable to the body or stomach: as in the fox, which feeds on bones, and swallows whole, or with little chewing; and next in a dog and other ossivorous quadrupeds, it is very large. William Derham, Physico-Theol.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ossivorous in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ossivorous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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