ossicone
See also: ossicône
English
Ossicones of a living male Giraffe.
Fossil antler-like ossicone of extinct giraffe species Sivatherium maurusium
Etymology
From Latin os (“bone”) and Middle French cone, from Latin cōnus (“cone, wedge, peak”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”)
Noun
ossicone (plural ossicones)
- Either of the horn-like protuberances on the heads of giraffes and male okapi. Some extinct species in the family bore antler-like ossicones.
Translations
horn-like protuberance
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