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corniferous, a.|kɔːˈnɪfərəs|
[f. L. cornifer horn-bearing (f. cornū horn + -fer bearing) + -ous.]
†1. Producing or having horns. Obs.
1650T. Blount tr. Estienne's Art Devises 72 The corniferous cressant. 1651J. F[reake] Agrippa's Occ. Philos. 143 Elevating corniferous humors into his head, and producing horns.
2. Geol. Containing or producing hornstone.
1873Dawson Earth & Man v. 90 The ‘Corniferous limestone’, so called from the masses of hornstone..contained in it. 1883S. M. Burnham Limestones, etc. 50 The Corniferous period of the Devonian age. |