单词 | corniferous |
释义 | corniferousadj.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having horns horneda1400 attired1572 forked1605 cornuted1609 cornigerous1646 corniferous1650 1650 T. Blount tr. Estienne Art Devises 72 The corniferous cressant. 1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. i. lxiv. 143 Elevating corniferous humors into his head, and producing horns. 2. Geology. Containing or producing hornstone. ΚΠ 1873 J. W. Dawson Story Earth & Man v. 90 The ‘Corniferous limestone’, so called from the masses of hornstone..contained in it. 1883 S. M. Burnham Limestones, etc. 50 The Corniferous period of the Devonian age. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1650 |
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