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The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

Any quadricornous animal.

Having four horns, or hornlike organs; as, a quadricornous beetle.

Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram. [R.] Ash.

dain which aprings from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object. Scorn at first makes after love the more. Shak. And wandered backward as in scorn, To wait an æon to be born. Emerson.

One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion. "Great scorners of death." Spenser. Superly he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. Prov. iii. 34.

Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful. Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun. Prior. Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. Shak.

Deserving scorn; paltry. [Obs.]

An acorn barnacle (Balanus).

A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize.

The narwhal.

Any one of a numerous tribe of beetles (Serricornia). The joints of the antennæ are prominent, thus producing a serrate appearance. See Illust. under Antenna.

Situated under a horny part or layer.

A division of insects having slender or subulate antennæ. The dragon flies and May flies are examples.

Having horns like those of a bull. Sir T. Browne.

One of a family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antennæ are largest at the tip. Also used adjectively.

Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.

Having three horns.

Any ruminant having horns composed of a bony axis covered with a horny sheath; a hollow-horned ruminant.

Having hollow horns.