Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ossicone

/ˈɒsɪkəʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: os-si-cone
IPA: /ˈɒsɪkəʊn/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of the horn-like protuberances on the heads of giraffes and male okapi. Some extinct species in the family bore antler-like ossicones.

Example Sentences

"The Kanapoi Sivatherium has two pairs of ossicones, above the eye and between the ears, and neither is diminutive."

Etymology

From Latin os (“bone”) and Middle French cone, from Latin cōnus (“cone, wedge, peak”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”).

Inflected Forms

ossicones (plural)

Derived Forms

ossiconed

Questions

How do you pronounce ossicone?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɒsɪkəʊn/.
What does ossicone mean?: Either of the horn-like protuberances on the heads of giraffes and male okapi. Some extinct species in the family bore antler-like ossicones.
Where does ossicone come from?: From Latin os (“bone”) and Middle French cone, from Latin cōnus (“cone, wedge, peak”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”).

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