nasicornous

English

Etymology

From Latin nasicornis +‎ -ous.

Adjective

nasicornous (not comparable)

1. (zoology, rare) Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros does.
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, “Of Unicornes hornes”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 166:

     [S]ome Unicornes wee will allow even among inſects, as thoſe foure kinds of naſicornous Beetles described by Muffetus.

   • 1884, Johannes Justus Rein, Japan: Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government, page 201:

     A striking species of nasicornous beetle, reminding us of the giants of the tropics, is Xylotrupes dichotomus L., which appears to be distributed over the entire monsoon district.

   • 1893 February 16, “A Horned Reptile. Curious and Brilliant Snake Which Inhabits the West Coast of Africa.”, in William Hyde, Charles W[illiam] Penrose, editors, The Salt Lake Herald, volume XLVII, number 221, Salt Lake City, Ut.: The Herald Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 2:

     The Museum of Natural History of Paris possesses among its many curiosities a horned, or nasicornous, viper, specimens of which are very rare. […] The two horns that project above the nostrils have caused this reptile to be called “nasicornous.”