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horn-bearing

adj

Etymology

From horn + bearing. Compare Old English hornbǣre (“horn-bearing”).

  1. derived from *beraną✻ — “to bear; carry”
  2. inherited from *berandz✻
  3. inherited from berende — “bearing; fruitful”
  4. inherited from beringe
  5. compounded as horn-bearing — “horn + bearing”

Definitions

  1. Having or equipped with horns

    Having or equipped with horns; horned

    • There are to be found among most kinds of hornbearing animals individuals with horns of wholly exceptional size, just as among all nations there are individuals of wholly exceptional height.
    • In modern horn-bearing mammals, the bovids (such as sheep, cattle, and antelope), the horn sheath extends a variable, and often considerable, distance beyond the tip of the horn core.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA