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hornlike

ADJECTIVE
pertaining to horn
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The creature burrows four inches below ground, secretes unusual chemicals and is blind, relying on hornlike antennas protruding from its head to find its way.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023

A decade later, after the bird was believed to be extinct, Allen’s team returned to make the world’s only undisputed recording of its hornlike calls.

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2021

In her luxurious, hornlike voice, we can hear the woman Claire once was, and all the dark roads she’s travelled since, while hoping against hope that someone would find her beautiful, irreplaceable, different. ♦

From The New Yorker • Apr. 27, 2015

Her austere piano ballad, with Mr. West’s voice computer-tuned into a melody, gives way to a dirge driven by repeated hornlike notes.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2013

He takes Hassan’s hand first, strokes the palm with one hornlike finger­nail, round and round, round and round.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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