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cavicorn
[ kav-i-kawrn ]
adjective
Zoology.
- hollow-horned, as the ruminants with true horns, as distinguished from bony antlers.
cavicorn
/ ˈ°ì汹ɪˌ°ìÉ”Ë²Ô /
adjective
- (of sheep, goats, etc) having hollow horns as distinct from the solid antlers of deer
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cavicorn1
< New Latin cavicornis hollow-horned, equivalent to cavi- (combining form of Latin cavus hollow) + cornis ( Latin corn ( Å« ) horn + -is adj. suffix)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cavicorn1
C19: from Latin cavus hollow + ³¦´Ç°ù²ÔÅ« horn
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A vast series of living and of fossil animals, called the Ruminants—including the giraffes, the antler-bearing forms called deer, the cavicorn or sheath-horned bovines, ovines and caprines, and the large series of antelopes of Africa and India—all have precisely this form of jaw, this number and shape and grouping of the teeth.
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In this extraordinary animal there were two pairs of horns, supported by bony "horn-cores," so that there can be no hesitation in referring Sivatherium to the Cavicorn Ruminants.
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