Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The horn of a rhinoceros.
  • noun The nasicorn or rhinotheca of a bird.

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Examples

  • He swung his nose-horn viciously at the bear-who became a monstrous roc, a bird capable of catching up a rhino in its talons and carrying it away.

    Phaze Doubt Anthony, Piers 1990

  • He swung his nose-horn viciously at the bear-who became a monstrous roc, a bird capable of catching up a rhino in its talons and carrying it away.

    Phaze Doubt Anthony, Piers 1990

  • (The priestesses of the Paps say that the long-nose, nose-horn, and plains elk are extinct.

    The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II 1992

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