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os·siv·o·rous
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ossivorousadjective
Bone eating, of an animal given to chewing on bones.
Etymology: oss (bone) + -vore (eating) + -ous
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ossivorous in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ossivorous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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