as in tube
something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container
musketeers carrying their gunpowder in powder horns
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Festivities also lit up East Asian countries including Japan, China, and the Philippines, where people in the capital of Manila flocked to the streets to sing karaoke, blow horns, and indulge with whole roasted pig, Reuters reported.
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Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
These cells reside in what’s called the dorsolateral zone of the ventral horn—the dorsolateral zone of the spine is in the upper back of the fish, while the ventral horn is the underside of the spine.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
In most bony fish, or teleosts, motor neurons for fins are found on the sides (ventrolateral zone) of the underside (ventral horn) of the spinal cord.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
The buffalo’s horn tore into his side, leaving him gravely wounded, but once again, Jacob endured.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
These cells reside in what’s called the dorsolateral zone of the ventral horn—the dorsolateral zone of the spine is in the upper back of the fish, while the ventral horn is the underside of the spine.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
In most bony fish, or teleosts, motor neurons for fins are found on the sides (ventrolateral zone) of the underside (ventral horn) of the spinal cord.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
The buffalo’s horn tore into his side, leaving him gravely wounded, but once again, Jacob endured.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Horn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horn. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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