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Definition of ossifrage

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Lammergeir Lam"mer*geir, Lammergeier Lam"mer*gei`er, n. [G. l["a]mmergeier; lamm, pl. l["a]mmer, lamb + geier vulture.] (Zo["o]l.) A very large vulture (Gypa["e]tus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle. [Written also lammergeyer.]
ossifrage
Lammergeir Lam"mer*geir, Lammergeier Lam"mer*gei`er, n. [G. l["a]mmergeier; lamm, pl. l["a]mmer, lamb + geier vulture.] (Zo["o]l.) A very large vulture (Gypa["e]tus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle. [Written also lammergeyer.]
Ossifrage
Ossifrage Os"si*frage, n. [L. ossifraga, ossifragus, osprey, fr. ossifragus bone breaking; os, ossis, a bone + frangere, fractum, to break. See Osseous, Break, and cf. Osprey, Ossifragous.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) The lammergeir. (b) The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle. [Obs.]

Meaning of ossifrage from wikipedia

- bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), also known as the lammergeier and ossifrage, is a very large bird of prey in the monotypic genus Gypaetus. Traditionally...
- "The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage" was the solution to a challenge ciphertext posed by the inventors of the RSA cipher in 1977. The problem appeared...
- SS Ossifrage was a Canadian barge that hit a shoal in the Northumberland Strait in 1919, while she was being towed from Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada to...
- factorization the message was revealed to be "The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage". In 2015, RSA-129 was factored in about one day, with the CADO-NFS open...
- almost all cases the bird is clearly identifiable: aeton—eagle grypa—ossifrage haliaetos—sea eagle gyps—vulture ictinia—kite corax—raven stouthios—ostrich...
- crickets and gr****hoppers (Leviticus 11:20–23, Leviticus 11:41) eagles, ossifrage, and the osprey (Leviticus 11:13) other biblically unclean animals or...
- Shugborough inscription The Zimmermann Telegram The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage The cryptogram in "The Gold-Bug" Beale ciphers Kryptos Zodiac Killer ciphers...
- numbers and known factorizations LCS35 The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage, the solution found in 1993 to another RSA challenge posed in 1977 RSA...
- Hawk Heron Kite Lapwing Little owl Lizard Mole Mouse Night hawk Osprey Ossifrage Owl Pelican Pig Raven Snail Stork Tortoise Vulture Weasel Some scholars...
- osseointegration, osseous, ossicle, ossicular, ossiferous, ossification, ossifrage, ossify, ossuary oste- bone Gr**** ὀστέον, ὀστέου (ostéon, ostéou), ὀστοῦν...