Other definitions for Ossa (2 of 2)
a mountain in E Greece, in Thessaly. 6,490 feet (1,978 meters).
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The temporal bones, and the ossa bregmatis are the same as in man, but in apes and monkeys these bones are of a different form.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonAdding insufferable snobbishness to his present personality was piling Pelion on ossa.
Pagan Passions | Gordon Randall GarrettOstendens duo ossa quod dicebat illa esse quæ ceciderunt de talis suis.
The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple | Charles G. AddisonIf all my ascensions could be put together, they would out-top Olympus and make ossa a wart.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections | William ArcherAnd so on, and so on: ossa on Pelion of rapture and young delight and wonder, when suddenly a heavy hand was laid on his shoulder.
Narcissa, or the Road to Rome | Laura E. Richards
British Dictionary definitions for ossa (1 of 2)
/ (ˈɒsə) /
the plural of os 2
British Dictionary definitions for Ossa (2 of 2)
/ (ˈɒsə) /
a mountain in NE Greece, in E Thessaly: famous in mythology for the attempt of the twin giants, Otus and Ephialtes, to reach heaven by piling Ossa on Olympus and Pelion on Ossa. Height: 1978 m (6489 ft)
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