ossiphagy
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editossiphagy (uncountable)
- (biology) Feeding on bones.
- 2015 September 24, “A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia)”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- She concluded that the development of zigzag HSB in the hyainailourines correlates with ossiphagy.
Related terms
edit- ossiphagous (adj)