Ŏs'se-oŭs, a.

(colloq. ŏsh'us) (Synop., § 130), a. [Lat. osseus, from os, ossis, bone; It. osseo, Sp. oseo, Fr. osseux.] Composed of bone; resembling bone; bony.

Osseous breccia, a breccia made up of fragments of bone, found in certain caverns and fissures of rocks.