Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the pair of tufts of feathers, or egrets, also called ears and horns, on the head in sundry owls, as species of Bubo, Scops, Otus, or Asio; a feather-horn. Also (rarely) called
corniplume . See cuts underBuboninæ and Otus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An ear tuft of feathers, as in the horned owls.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology An
ear tuft offeathers , as in thehorned owls .
Etymologies
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From Latin pluma "feather" + cornu "horn".
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she commented on the word plumicorn
A tuft or crest of feathers on top of a bird's head; esp. either of the paired ear tufts typical of many owls.
August 9, 2008
qms commented on the word plumicorn
When Missy awakes on dewy morns
She spruces up her unicorns.
Each ear, though of leather,
She tops with a feather,
Preferring her myths have plumicorns.
May 24, 2016