OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 53479

ossicone

/ˈɒsɪkəʊn/
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osicono
Either of the horn-like protuberances on the heads of giraffes and male okapi. Some extinct species in the family bore antler-like ossicones.
The Kanapoi Sivatherium has two pairs of ossicones, above the eye and between the ears, and neither is diminutive.
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