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bicorn

[bahy-kawrn]
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adjective Also bi·cor·nate [bahy-kawr-nit, -neyt] /baɪˈkɔr nɪt, -neɪt/, bi·cor·nu·ate [bahy-kawr-nyoo-it, -eyt] /baɪˈkɔr nyu ɪt, -ˌeɪt/, bi·cor·nu·ous.
  1. Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
  2. shaped like a crescent.
noun
  1. bicorne.

Origin of bicorn

1745–55; < Latin bicornis, equivalent to bi- bi-1 + corn(ū) horn + -is adj. suffix
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British Dictionary definitions for bicornuate

bicorn

bicornate (baɪˈkɔːnɪt, -ˌneɪt) or bicornuate (baɪˈkɔːnjʊɪt, -ˌeɪt)

adjective
  1. having two horns or hornlike parts

Word Origin

C19: from Latin bicornis, from bi- 1 + cornu horn
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bicornuate in Medicine

bicornuate

(bī-kôr′nyōō-ĭt, -āt′)
adj.
  1. Having two horns or horn-shaped parts.
  2. Shaped like a crescent.
Related formsbi•cor′nu•ous (-əs) adj.
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