osteologicadj.
/ˌɒstɪəˈlɒdʒɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌɑstioʊˈlɑdʒɪk/ = osteological adj.
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osteological1703
osteologic1828
osteometrical1890
osteometric1898
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Osteologic, pertaining to a description of the bones.
1850 G. Warburton Conquest of Canada (ed. 2) 323 Examining..the languages and the osteologic conformation of different tribes.
1877 Catholic World Feb. 627/1 He then proceeds to show some osteologic relations by which birds and reptiles seem to be connected.
1885 Science 2 Jan. 3/1 This brings us late, very late, in palaeolithic time, without an osteologic trace of any being who should properly be called man.
1933 Q. Rev. Biol. 8 258/2 The degenerate remains of formerly functional osteologic elements.
1986 Systematic Zool. 35 521 Our osteologic tree suggests a different set of relationships for the series within Norops.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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