Nasicornous

Quick meaning: Nasicornous is an adjective meaning (zoology, rare) Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros does.

Meaning

(zoology, rare) Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros does.

Example Sentences

[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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Related dictionary entries include nasicorn, cornigerous, rhinocerotiform, tauricornous, tricornute, cavicorn.

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