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(zoology, rare) Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros does..
[S]ome Unicornes wee will allow even among inſects, as thoſe foure kinds of naſicornous Beetles described by Muffetus.
A striking species of nasicornous beetle, reminding us of the giants of the tropics, is Xylotrupes dichotomus L., which appears to be distributed over the entire monsoon district.
The Museum of Natural History of Paris possesses among its many curiosities a horned, or nasicornous, viper, specimens of which are very rare. […] The two horns that project above the nostrils have caused this reptile to be called “nasicornous.”
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Nasicornous means (zoology, rare) Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros does..
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[S]ome Unicornes wee will allow even among inſects, as thoſe foure kinds of naſicornous Beetles described by Muffetus.
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