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Italian
Etymology
From osso + -voro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /osˈsi.vo.ro/
- Rhymes: -ivoro
- Hyphenation: os‧sì‧vo‧ro
Adjective
ossivoro (feminine ossivora, masculine plural ossivori, feminine plural ossivore)
- (surgery) describing surgical implements used to handle small fragments of bone
- ossivorous
Further reading
- ossivoro in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- ossivoro in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- ossìvoro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- ossìvoro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana