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单词 reduncate
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reduncateadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin reduncus , -ate suffix2.
Etymology: < classical Latin reduncus curved back, hooked ( < red- , variant (before a vowel) of re- re- prefix + uncus hooked, crooked, curved: see uncous adj.) + -ate suffix2. Compare aduncate adj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of an animal's horns: bent or curved backwards. Cf. reciprocornous adj.
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1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. B Some have robust [horns] for butting,..some aduncate, others reduncate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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