Definition of horn

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Horn (n.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.

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Zamouse :: Zamouse (n.) A West African buffalo (Bubalus brachyceros) having short horns depressed at the base, and large ears fringed internally with three rows of long hairs. It is destitute of a dewlap. Called also short-horned buffalo, and bush cow..
Screamer :: Screamer (n.) Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family Anhimidae, and the suborder Palamedeae. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta..
Sea Poppy :: Sea poppy () The horn poppy. See under Horn.
Calamus :: Calamus (n.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.
Spininess :: Spinigerous (a.) Bearing a spine or spines; thorn-bearing.
Dehorning :: Dehorning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dehor.
Horn :: Horn (n.) A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.
Gnathotheca :: Gnathotheca (n.) The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.
Quick :: Quick (n.) That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge..
Pronghorn :: Pronghorn (n.) An American antelope (Antilocapra Americana), native of the plain near the Rocky Mountains. The upper parts are mostly yellowish brown; the under parts, the sides of the head and throat, and the buttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually. Called also cabree, cabut, prongbuck, and pronghorned antelope..
Spine :: Spine (n.) A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
Schist :: Schist (n.) Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar..
Corny :: Corny (a.) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn..
Crackle :: Crackle (v. i.) To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle..
Keratose :: Keratose (n.) A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called also keratode..
Cornigerous :: Cornigerous (a.) Horned; having horns; as, cornigerous animals..
Rosaceous :: Rosaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Rosaceae) of which the rose is the type. It includes also the plums and cherries, meadowsweet, brambles, the strawberry, the hawthorn, applies, pears, service trees, and quinces..
Fulcrum :: Fulcrum (n.) The horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects.
Tubicornous :: Tubicornous (a.) Having hollow horns.
Hyoscyamine :: Hyoscyamine (n.) An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc..
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