Definition of horn

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Horn (n.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias)..

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Monoceros :: Monoceros (n.) A one-horned creature; a unicorn; a sea monster with one horn.
Prongbuck :: Prongbuck (n.) The pronghorn.
Zebu :: Zebu (n.) A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff..
Diorite :: Diorite (n.) An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was called greenstone..
Beam :: Beam (n.) The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches..
Moult :: Moult (v. t.) To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird..
Inkhornism :: Inkhornism (n.) Pedantry.
Anglice :: Anglice (adv.) In English; in the English manner; as, Livorno, Anglice Leghorn..
Chikara :: Chikara (n.) The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis).
Antenna :: Antenna (n.) A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids..
Tricornigerous :: Tricornigerous (a.) Having three horns.
Cerite :: Cerite (n.) A gastropod shell belonging to the family Cerithiidae; -- so called from its hornlike form.
Moloch :: Moloch (n.) A spiny Australian lizard (Moloch horridus). The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance.
Round :: Round (v. t.) To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn..
Hornito :: Hornito (n.) A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit..
Dehorning :: Dehorning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dehor.
Sandalwood :: Sandalwood (n.) The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for dyeing leather (Rhamnus Dahuricus)..
Hornet :: Hornet (n.) A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white-faced hornet (V. maculata) is larger and has similar habits..
Dodded :: Dodded (a.) Without horns; as, dodded cattle; without beards; as, dodded corn..
Calomel :: Calomel (n.) Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver..
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