"ossicone" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɒsɪkəʊn/ Forms: ossicones [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|cone}} Middle French cone, {{uder|en|la|cōnus||cone, wedge, peak}} Latin cōnus (“cone, wedge, peak”), {{uder|en|grc|κῶνος||cone, spinning top, pine cone}} Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ossicone (plural ossicones)
  1. Either of the horn-like protuberances on the heads of giraffes and male okapi. Some extinct species in the family bore antler-like ossicones. Wikipedia link: ossicone Categories (topical): Anatomy Derived forms: ossiconed Translations (horn-like protuberance): ossicône (French), Stirnzapfen [masculine] (German), Knochenzapfen [masculine] (German), ossicono (Italian), osicono [masculine] (Spanish)

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