horncore

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noun

The bony central part of an animal's horn

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Meanings

nounhorncore (countable and uncountable, plural horncores)

plural horncores

  1. countableuncountableThe bony central part of an animal's horn

    We also modified Character 25 from a binary to a multistate character by adding the primitive condition of lacking a distinct postorbital horncore.

    2015 July 9, “Cranial Anatomy of Wendiceratops pinhornensis gen. et sp. nov., a Centrosaurine Ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Oldman Formation (Campanian), Alberta, Canada, and the Evolution of Ceratopsid Nasal Ornamentation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From horn + core.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horncore,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horncore.

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