cavicorn

[ kav-i-kawrn ]

adjective

, Zoology.

1. hollow-horned, as the ruminants with true horns, as distinguished from bony antlers.

cavicorn

/ ˈkævɪˌkɔːn /

adjective

1. (of sheep, goats, etc) having hollow horns as distinct from the solid antlers of deer

Word History and Origins

Origin of cavicorn¹

< New Latin cavicornis hollow-horned, equivalent to cavi- (combining form of Latin cavus hollow) + cornis ( Latin corn ( ū ) horn + -is adj. suffix)

Word History and Origins

Origin of cavicorn¹

C19: from Latin cavus hollow + cornū horn

Example Sentences

A vast series of living and of fossil animals, called the Ruminants—including the giraffes, the antler-bearing forms called deer, the cavicorn or sheath-horned bovines, ovines and caprines, and the large series of antelopes of Africa and India—all have precisely this form of jaw, this number and shape and grouping of the teeth.

From Project Gutenberg

In this extraordinary animal there were two pairs of horns, supported by bony "horn-cores," so that there can be no hesitation in referring Sivatherium to the Cavicorn Ruminants.

From Project Gutenberg