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Tauricornous

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Tau`ri`cor´nous
a.1.(Zool.) Having horns like those of a bull.
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It is a pity Tubbs was not an Egyptologist enamoured of the kings or even an enlightened collector, for he had an uncanny gift and could not walk two feet without kicking up an outsized alabaster thumb, a tauricornous amulet, a gold needle, an unnameable something-or-other black with tar (the matted viscera of a princess, the paw of a sacred cat), or the wee clay figure of a king defaced by sorcery or neglect.
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