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nasicornous

nasicornous adjective: bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros does.

Adjective

nasicornous (not comparable)

  1. (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.1646, Thomas Browne, “Of Unicornes hornes”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 166
    • 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.1884, Johannes Justus Rein, Japan: Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government, page 201

Origin of nasicornous

From Latin nasicornis + -ous.

Questions about nasicornous

What does nasicornous mean?
Nasicornous means bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros does.
What part of speech is nasicornous?
Nasicornous is an adjective.

Words near nasicornous in the dictionary

  1. nasial
  2. nasib
  3. nasibi
  4. nasibis
  5. nasicorn
  6. nasicornous
  7. Nasielsk
  8. nasiform
  9. Nasik
  10. Nasim
  11. Nasims

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