| 单词 | ossiferous |
| 例句 | Its remains are found not only in Ireland but in Scotland and England, and on the Continent, where they occur in bogs, lacustrine deposits, brick-clay, and ossiferous caves. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Lying beneath this ossiferous sand, were several flint axes of human workmanship. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Besides the bear and hyena, upwards of a hundred species of extinct animals have been found in the ossiferous caves of Great Britain, among them being those of the elephant and a rhinoceros. The Mines and its Wonders Brixham Cave, called also Windmill Hill Cavern, is a well-known ossiferous cave situated near Brixham, on the brow of a hill composed of Devonian limestone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The fragments of egg-shells, imbedded in the ossiferous deposits, had escaped the notice of all previous naturalists. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 We know, however, that, before the Recent period, that continent was peopled with large kangaroos, and other herbivorous and carnivorous marsupials, of species long since extinct, their remains having been discovered in ossiferous caverns. The Antiquity of Man |
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