Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Shaped like the horn of an ox; long, tapering, and somewhat curved: in entomology, applied especially to large processes on the head and thorax, which by their position as well as form resemble horns; in botany, applied to the nectary of plants.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective : Having the shape of a
horn ; horn-shaped.
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Examples
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Therefore Ikey's corniform, be-spectacled nose and narrow, knowledge-bowed figure was well known in the vicinity of the Blue Light, and his advice and notice were much desired.
The Four Million O. Henry 1886
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