ossicone
/ˈɒsɪkəʊn/
ossicone noun: either of the horn-like protuberances on the heads of giraffes and male okapi. Some extinct species in the family bore antler-like ossicones.
Noun
ossicone (plural ossicones)
- Either of the horn-like protuberances on the heads of giraffes and male okapi. Some extinct species in the family bore antler-like ossicones.
- The Kanapoi Sivatherium has two pairs of ossicones, above the eye and between the ears, and neither is diminutive.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 27
Forms of ossicone
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Origin of ossicone
From Latin os (“bone”) and Middle French cone, from Latin cōnus (“cone, wedge, peak”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”).
Words formed from ossicone
Questions about ossicone
- What does ossicone mean?
- Ossicone means either of the horn-like protuberances on the heads of giraffes and male okapi. Some extinct species in the family bore antler-like ossicones.
- What part of speech is ossicone?
- Ossicone is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ossicone?
- Ossicone is pronounced /ˈɒsɪkəʊn/.
- What is the plural of ossicone?
- The plural of ossicone is ossicones.
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