cavicorn

cavicorn
/kav"i kawrn'/, adj. Zool.
hollow-horned, as the ruminants with true horns, as distinguished from bony antlers.
[ < NL cavicornis hollow-horned, equiv. to cavi- (comb. form of L cavus hollow) + cornis (L corn(u) horn + -is adj. suffix)]

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