"ossiphagous" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1999, C Stefen, “Enamel microstructure of recent and fossil Canidae (Carnivora: Mammalia)”, in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology",
          "text": "The data suggest a correlation between HSB type and feeding type, especially of zigzag HSB with ossiphagous feeding.",
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          "text": "1999, “With the exception of the Geiseltal, in each fauna at least one ossiphagous taxon was present.”, in Geobios:",
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          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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.",
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        "Exhibiting ossiphagy"
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