Definitions for ossifrage

ossifrage os·si·frage

Spelling: [os-uh-frij]
IPA: /ˈɒs ə frɪdʒ/

Ossifrage is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 432 anagrams from letters in ossifrage (aefgiorss).

Definitions for ossifrage

noun

  1. the lammergeier.
  2. Archaic. the osprey.

Origin of ossifrage

1595-1605; Latin ossifraga sea eagle, literally, bone-breaker (noun use of feminine of ossifragus bone-breaking), equivalent to ossi- (combining form of os) bone + frag-, variant stem of fran

Examples for ossifrage

These are they of which ye shall not eat; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey.

The word is said to be a corruption of ossifrage, the "bone-breaker."

These are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray.

Word Value for ossifrage
Scrable

0

Words with friends

14

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