Etymology

ossifrage

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Today it means: Gypaetus barbatus, the bearded vulture, the diet of which is almost exclusively bone marrow. Full definition →

Middle French ossifrage ← Latin ossifraga
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  1. Latin · derived fromossifraga“osprey”
  2. Middle French · derived fromossifrage
  3. English todayossifrage

From Middle French ossifrage, from Latin ossifraga (“osprey”), ossifragus (“osprey”), from ossifragus (“bone breaking”).

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