Usually means: Bird of prey; breaks bones.
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  1. ossifrage: Merriam-Webster
  2. ossifrage: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. ossifrage: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ossifrage: Wordnik
  5. ossifrage: Wiktionary
  6. ossifrage: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. ossifrage: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Ossifrage, ossifrage: Dictionary.com
  9. ossifrage: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Ossifrage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Ossifrage: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. ossifrage: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Ossifrage: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. ossifrage: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. ossifrage: FreeDictionary.org
  16. ossifrage: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. ossifrage: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Ossifrage: Easton Bible
  2. Ossifrage: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (ossifrage)

noun:  (archaic) Gypaetus barbatus, the bearded vulture, the diet of which is almost exclusively bone marrow.
noun:  (obsolete) The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle.
noun:  (British) The osprey.

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