n. one of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the backs of nudibranchs and other related mollusks that serve as gills. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. (Chem.) A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; -- called also
a.
‖n. [ L., a horned serpent, fr. Gr.
n. a genus of weedy plants of the pink family, comprising the mouse-ear chickweeds.
‖n. [ NL. ] (Paleon.) See Dinoceras. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; terrible + &unr_;, &unr_;, horn. ] (Paleon.) A genus of large extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; -- called also
☞ They were herbivorous, and remarkable for three pairs of hornlike protuberances on the skull. The males were armed with a pair of powerful canine tusks. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; tempering the humors;
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a wing + &unr_; a horn. ] (Zool.) A genus of large marine gastropods having the outer border of the lip divided into lobes; -- called also