Ossiphagy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Feeding on bones. uncountable

    "She concluded that the development of zigzag HSB in the hyainailourines correlates with ossiphagy."

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"She concluded that the development of zigzag HSB in the hyainailourines correlates with ossiphagy."

Etymology

From ossi- + -phagy.

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