Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ancient sophism, like the following: What you have not lost, you have; you have not lost horns; therefore you have horns. See etymology of ceratine, adjective
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Examples
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A furrow orbweb spider Larinioides cornutus in her charnel house.
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The source of the carnage is called Larinioides cornutus, the furrow orbweb spider.
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Sites sampled in the past included the following plentiful or notable species: at 250 m, Garcinia intermedia, Pouteria sp. and Schizolobium parahybum; at 450 m, Ardisia tigrina, Pharus cornutus (rare), Smilax subpubescens and Ternstroemia tepezapote; at 600 m, Lobelia and Welfia sp. and Satyria warscewiczii.
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In the silken den of a rather splendid orb-web spider called Larinioides cornutus, I notice how she has four stiff-bristled legs curved around the soft body of her latest immobilised fly.
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Biologists are trying to monitor the giant crayfish, Barbicambarus cornutus, in Tennessee.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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Several species have primitive characteristics, such as chameleon gecko Carphodactylus laevis and northern leaf-tailed gecko Phyllurus cornutus.
Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, Australia 2008
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Cerasta enim Grece cornua dicuntur serpens que hic cornutus esse, ut supra memorauimus perhibetur per quem digne aduentus antichristi assertur, quia contra uitam fidelium cum morsu pestifere predicationis armabitur et iam carnibus potestatis.
Sigh. WMAM. 2008
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Cerasta enim Grece cornua dicuntur serpens que hic cornutus esse, ut supra memorauimus perhibetur per quem digne aduentus antichristi assertur, quia contra uitam fidelium cum morsu pestifere predicationis armabitur et iam carnibus potestatis.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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These two species of fish, the Moorish Idol ( '' Zanclus cornutus '') and the Milletseed Butterfly fish ( '' Chaetodon miliaris ''), can be seen amongst the spectacular corals found within sanctuary waters.
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary 2008
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International demand for rare species of birds and marine animals, such as the Uva parakeet (Eunymphicus uvaeensis, EN), the horned parakeet (Eunymphicus cornutus, EN), and an endemic "living fossil" cephalopod (Nautilus macromphalus), threatens the already sparse populations of these species.
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