Definition of Hornlets

1. hornlet [n] - See also: hornlet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hornlets

horninesses
horning
hornings
hornish
hornist
hornists
hornito
hornitoes
hornitos
hornless
hornlessness
hornlessnesses
hornlet
hornlets (current term)
hornlike
hornotine
hornowl
hornowls
hornpike
hornpikes
hornpipe
hornpiped
hornpipes
hornpiping
hornpout
hornpouts
horns
horns of hyoid bone

Literary usage of Hornlets

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1905)
"... directed somewhat forward and outward, an elongate oval in basal section with the long axes in line, rounded oval at the summit. hornlets ..."

2. Magazine of Zoology and Botany by Prideaux John Selby, George Johnston, William Jardine (1838)
"Roxburgh says of the base of the filaments, that " each side is enlarged with one or more adjoined hornlets, which are bearded at the base. ..."

3. The Works of Sir William Jones by William Jones (1807)
"... quite reflected fo as to touch the calyx ; waved on the margin ; furrowed at the bafe internally, with two converging hornlets, fronting the aperture of ..."

4. Asiatic Researches; Or, Transactions of the Society, Instituted in Bengal by India) Asiatick Society (Calcutta, Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vernor and Hood (1807)
"Wings oblong, clawed, narrower above, obtuse, spurred below, embracing the keel and the hornlets of the awning. Keel compressed, enclosing the ..."

5. Flora Indica, Or, Descriptions of Indian Plants by William Roxburgh (1832)
"Calyx conical, with five hornlets behind. /i>w//. Chhota-kulpa. ... Calyx five-parted, with the fissures extended into five recurved hornlets; ..."

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