Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
1,016,873,326 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

hornlike

   Also found in: Wikipedia 0.04 sec.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.hornlike - made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)
corneous, horny
hard - resisting weight or pressure
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
For example, when I showed Masumba a 1980s photograph from Mwinilunga, Northwestern Province, of a cibangula crown with three tubular, hornlike shapes on top of the head, (32) he laughed, calling it an "old model" that looked like a hat with antennae that belonged in a communications room.
A crown on the move: stylistic integration of the Luba-Lunda complex ... by Simbao, Ruth Kerkham / African Arts
The beetles even have hornlike projections near their necks that keep the floss from slipping over their bodies.
The trouble with chasing a bee: radar struggles to track backyard bugs by Milius, Susan / Science News
However, in these cases the hornlike extensions seem to imitate a braided headdress rather than ram's horns (Frobenius 1990:48 and Fig.
Bwadi bwa Chikwanga: a ram mask of the Bakwa Luntu by Petridis, Constantine / African Arts
More results
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a. Terms of Use.