horncore

English

Etymology

From horn +‎ core.

Noun

horncore (countable and uncountable, plural horncores)

1. The bony central part of an animal's horn
   • 2015 July 9, “Cranial Anatomy of Wendiceratops pinhornensis gen. et sp. nov., a Centrosaurine Ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Oldman Formation (Campanian), Alberta, Canada, and the Evolution of Ceratopsid Nasal Ornamentation”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     We also modified Character 25 from a binary to a multistate character by adding the primitive condition of lacking a distinct postorbital horncore.