exosseous

English

Etymology

From ex- +‎ osseous.

Adjective

exosseous (not comparable)

1. (archaic, literal or figurative) boneless
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     snails, a soft and exosseous animal

References

• “exosseous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.