bicorn

[bahy-kawrn]

bi·corn

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

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Bicorn is always a great word to know.
So is gametophyte. Does it mean:
organism with having only one complete set of chromosomes
sexual form of a haploid plant in the alternation of generations

Origin:
1745–55; < Latin bicornis, equivalent to bi- bi-1 + corn(ū) horn + -is adj. suffix
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Bi·corn

[bahy-kawrn]
noun
(in early French and English literature) a mythical animal, usually depicted as a grotesquely fat beast, that existed solely by devouring virtuous husbands.
Compare Chichivache.


Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English Bycorne < Middle French < Latin bicornis bicorn
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bicorn, bicornate or bicornuate (ˈbaɪkɔːn, baɪˈkɔːnɪt, -ˌneɪt, baɪˈkɔːnjʊɪt, -ˌeɪt)
 
adj
having two horns or hornlike parts
 
[C19: from Latin bicornis, from bi-1 + cornu horn]
 
bicornate, bicornate or bicornuate
 
adj
 
[C19: from Latin bicornis, from bi-1 + cornu horn]
 
bicornuate, bicornate or bicornuate
 
adj
 
[C19: from Latin bicornis, from bi-1 + cornu horn]

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