Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having yellow antennæ: as, the yellow-horned moth, Cymatophora flavicornis, a British noctuid.
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Examples
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In Africa, in a tiny Xhosa village nestled in the wild, he was inspired by observing an actual yellow-horned gnu.
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And when they came to the yellow-horned gnu, and Simon said “Gnu,” Retta, mistaking it for a cow, blew out an elongated “Moo.”
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And when they came to the yellow-horned gnu, and Simon said “Gnu,” Retta, mistaking it for a cow, blew out an elongated “Moo.”
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In Africa, in a tiny Xhosa village nestled in the wild, he was inspired by observing an actual yellow-horned gnu.
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In Africa, in a tiny Xhosa village nestled in the wild, he was inspired by observing an actual yellow-horned gnu.
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They are dotted all over with the glaucous leaves and brilliant flowers of the yellow-horned poppy, and bristling blue viper's bugloss, and on the inland edge there is a scattered border of the rest-harrow's pink butterfly blossoms.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote
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V.lgaris (common butter-wort), V.ola Flavicornis, also called V. Ericetorum (yellow-horned violet).
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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On the neighbouring beach, springing from the stones, you find the yellow-horned poppy, beautiful both in flower and leaf, and the delicate tamarisk makes a natural hedge parallel with the sea, to Worthing on the one side, and to Bognor on the other.
Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas
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The sea-campion grew everywhere, and in sunny corners the yellow-horned poppy put little spots of colour into a landscape of pinkish grey.
Joanna Godden Sheila Kaye-Smith 1921
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On the railway embankment we see the yellow-horned poppy and the golden thistle growing in abundance; many another flower, too, as brilliant brightens the way-a large, handsome broom, several kinds of mullein, with fern and heather.
The Roof of France Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877
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