Horn-bearing

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having or equipped with horns; horned

    "There are to be found among most kinds of hornbearing animals individuals with horns of wholly exceptional size, just as among all nations there are individuals of wholly exceptional height."

Example

More examples

"There are to be found among most kinds of hornbearing animals individuals with horns of wholly exceptional size, just as among all nations there are individuals of wholly exceptional height."

Etymology

From horn + bearing. Compare Old English hornbǣre (“horn-bearing”).

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