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n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] A prophetic or ominous utterance. [ R. & Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A fish having a bony skeleton; a teleost. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. os bone. ] (Physiol. Chem.) The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; bone collagen; -- called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ F. ] 1. A little bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The internal bone, or shell, of a cuttlefish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. osseus, from os, ossis bone; akin to Gr. 'oste`on, Skr. asthi. Cf. Oyster. ] Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone; bony; ossific. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Russ, osetr' sturgeon. ] (Zool.) A species of sturgeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, Ossian, a legendary Erse or Celtic bard. [ 1913 Webster ]

The compositions might be fairly classed as Ossianic. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ossiculum, dim. of os, ossis, a bone. ] 1. A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes. [ 1913 Webster ]