释义 |
ossiferous, a.|ɒˈsɪfərəs| [f. L. os, ossi- bone + -ferous.] Containing or yielding bones; said of caves and deposits in which bones have been found.
1823Buckland Reliq. Diluv. 162 Ossiferous caves and fissures. 1833Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 143 In several parts of Australia, ossifferous breccias have lately been discovered in limestone caverns. 1877Dawson Orig. World xiv. 310 In one of the Belgian caves, there are six beds of ossiferous mud. |