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horncores

horncores is the plural of horncore.

Meaning of horncore

Noun

horncore (countable and uncountable, plural horncores)

  1. The bony central part of an animal's horn
    • We also modified Character 25 from a binary to a multistate character by adding the primitive condition of lacking a distinct postorbital horncore.2015 July 9, “Cranial Anatomy of Wendiceratops pinhornensis gen. et sp. nov., a Centrosaurine Ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Oldman Formation (Campanian), Alberta, Canada, and the...

Questions about horncores

What is horncores the plural of?
Horncores is the plural of horncore.

Words near horncores in the dictionary

  1. Horncastle
  2. Hornchurch
  3. Horncliffe
  4. horncoot
  5. horncore
  6. horncores
  7. Horndean
  8. horndog
  9. horndoggery
  10. horndogs
  11. horne

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