The Collaborative International Dictionary
Plumicorn
Plumicorn \Plu"mi*corn\, n. [L. pluma feather + cornu horn.] (Zo["o]l.) An ear tuft of feathers, as in the horned owls.
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plumicorn
n. (context zoology English) An ear tuft of feathers, as in the horned owls.
Usage examples of "plumicorn".
He was a spry old man with merry blue eyes and a monkish fringe of white hair that stood erect over his ears like the plumicorns of an owl.