scurn.
/skəː/ A small horn found in polled cattle and sheep or their cross-bred offspring, not rooted in the skull but loosely attached by the skin.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > (miscellaneous) parts of > (parts of) horn
ox-horna1398
slough1721
slug-horna1825
slug1842
scur1882
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > horn
snail-horn1749
scur1882
1882 Nat. Live Stock Jrnl. (Chicago) Oct. 460/1 A heifer with only ‘scurs’, as the modified horns sometimes found in Polled cattle and in cross-bred offspring of Polled and horned breeds, are called in Scotland.
1902 W. Bateson Mendel's Princ. Heredity 6 The offspring of the Polled Angus cow and the Shorthorn bull is almost invariably polled or with very small loose ‘scurs’.
1919 J. Biggar Galloway Cattle 7 The Galloway increased the total of polled stock in the county, and knocked out the ‘scurs’ or abortive horns very considerably.
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 23 Feb. 81/1 Not every heterozygous bull showed scurs.
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 22 Mar. 81/1 Some had small loose horns, some just had scurs.
Derivatives
scurred adj. having scurs.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > having particular type of horns
upheaded1549
crumple-horned1685
crumpled-horn?a1750
snail-horned1787
snaily1884
scurred1963
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of parts of > having particular type of horns > having small or no horns
scurred1963
1963 Guardian 3 Dec. 6 Only about half the ewes carry thin spiky horns, the others being polled or ‘scurred’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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