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单词 naricorn
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naricornn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nāris, cornū.
Etymology: < classical Latin nāris nare n. + cornū horn (see corn n.2). Compare post-classical Latin naricornus rhinoceros (6th cent.). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (nēə·rikǭɹn) /ˈnɛərɪkɔːn/.
Ornithology. Obsolete. rare.
= rhinotheca n. at rhino- comb. form .
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1866 E. Coues in Proc. Philadelphia Acad. Nat. Sci. 176 The ‘naricorn’ or rhinotheca is an irregularly convoluted little scroll, very thin and delicate in texture... When the naricorns are in situ the outer of these divisions..forms the most conspicuous part.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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