Definition of horn

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Horn (n.) A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externally of true horn, and are never shed..

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Capel :: Capel (n.) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes..
Buck''s-horn :: Buck's-horn (n.) A plant with leaves branched somewhat like a buck's horn (Plantago Coronopus); also, Lobelia coronopifolia..
Rhinocerical :: Rhinocerical (a.) Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros; resembling the rhinoceros, or his horn..
Unicorn :: Unicorn (n.) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax.
Kerasine :: Kerasine (a.) Resembling horn; horny; corneous.
Leghorn :: Leghorn (n.) A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation..
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..
Goat :: Goat (n.) A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin..
Tricornigerous :: Tricornigerous (a.) Having three horns.
Hornfoot :: Hornfoot (a.) Having hoofs; hoofed.
Plenicorn :: Plenicorn (n.) A ruminant having solid horns or antlers, as the deer..
Horn :: Horn (n.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout..
Sandalwood :: Sandalwood (n.) The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for dyeing leather (Rhamnus Dahuricus)..
Paragnathus :: Paragnathus (n.) One of the small, horny, toothlike jaws of certain annelids..
Ye :: Ye () an old method of printing the article the (AS. /e), the y being used in place of the Anglo-Saxon thorn (/). It is sometimes incorrectly pronounced ye. See The, and Thorn, n., 4..
Horn :: Horn (n.) An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Inermis :: Inermis (a.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf..
Thornbut :: Thornbut (n.) The turbot.
Amphibole :: Amphibole (n.) A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constit
Thorn-headed :: Thorn-headed (a.) Having a head armed with thorns or spines.
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