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hornlike

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And I'm WAY more optimistic than the rest of your replies right now. I had the thought looking at that picture of the hippo- it's got those hornlike[1] jaw projections and that got me thinking about how features on the bones must relate back to cartilage, musculature and vasculature overlying them.

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made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)

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adjective

made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hornlike.

adjective

made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)

See also: corneous, horny

Example sentences

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And I'm WAY more optimistic than the rest of your replies right now. I had the thought looking at that picture of the hippo- it's got those hornlike[1] jaw projections and that got me thinking about how features on the bones must relate back to cartilage, musculature and vasculature overlying them.

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How do you use hornlike in a sentence?

And I'm WAY more optimistic than the rest of your replies right now. I had the thought looking at that picture of the hippo- it's got those hornlike[1] jaw projections and that got me thinking about how features on the bones must relate back to cartilage, musculature and vasculature overlying them.

What does hornlike mean?

made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)

What part of speech is hornlike?

hornlike is commonly used as adjective.