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English
Adjective
ossiphagous (not comparable)
- Exhibiting ossiphagy
1999, C Stefen, “Enamel microstructure of recent and fossil Canidae (Carnivora: Mammalia)”, in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology:The data suggest a correlation between HSB type and feeding type, especially of zigzag HSB with ossiphagous feeding.
1999, “With the exception of the Geiseltal, in each fauna at least one ossiphagous taxon was present.”, in Geobios:
2010, Borja Figueirido, Juan A. Pérez-Claros, Vanessa Torregrosa, Alberto Martín-Serra, Paul Palmqvist, “Demythologizing Arctodus simus, the 'short-faced' long-legged and predaceous bear that never was”, in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, volume 30, number 1:Felids are represented by 17 extant species, which cover nearly two orders of magnitude in body size, and hyaenids include the three ossiphagous species of this family.
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, →DOI:Werdelin [103 ] distinguishes two morphotypes among ossiphageous carnivores: the bone-crackers (e.g., spotted hyaenas), which break bones with their premolars, and bone-crushers (e.g., wolves) that break bones with their post-carnassial molars.