ossicuspn.

Brit.

/ˈɒsᵻkʌsp/, U.S.

/ˈɑsəˌkəsp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ossi- comb. form, cusp n.

Etymology: < ossi- comb. form + cusp n.

Zoology. rare.

Either of a pair of skin-covered horns on the head of a giraffe or okapi.

ΚΠ

1902 E. R. Lankester in Trans. Zool. Soc. 16 vi. 303 The genus Okapia may be characterized as..Giraffidæ with a pair of supraorbital frontal horn-bosses, bearing in the adult well-marked conical bony horns or ossicusps.

1907 Times 7 Feb. 4/6 The parietal origin of the ossicusps in the former [sc. the giraffe] and their frontal origin in the latter [sc. the okapi].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ossicusp
释义	ossicuspn. Brit. /ˈɒsᵻkʌsp/, U.S. /ˈɑsəˌkəsp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ossi- comb. form, cusp n. Etymology: < ossi- comb. form + cusp n. Zoology. rare. Either of a pair of skin-covered horns on the head of a giraffe or okapi. ΚΠ 1902 E. R. Lankester in Trans. Zool. Soc. 16 vi. 303 The genus Okapia may be characterized as..Giraffidæ with a pair of supraorbital frontal horn-bosses, bearing in the adult well-marked conical bony horns or ossicusps. 1907 Times 7 Feb. 4/6 The parietal origin of the ossicusps in the former [sc. the giraffe] and their frontal origin in the latter [sc. the okapi]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1902
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