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Cornu Antelopis is thought to be a cheaper substitute of rare rhino horn in most TCM recipes. [37] In the period from 1955 to 1989, over 87 thousand tonnes of meat were collected in Kazakhstan by killing more than five million saiga. [38] In 2011, Kazakhstan reaffirmed a ban on hunting saiga and extended this ban until 2021. [39]
[3]: 422 The specific name quadricornis is derived from two Latin words: quattuor meaning "four" [3]: 351 and cornu "horn". [ 3 ] : 421 The four-horned antelope is known by several vernacular names: chausingha , chowsingha , chousingha ( Hindi for "four horns"), doda , ghutri (mainly in central India) (Hindi); kondu kuri ( Kannada ); chauka ...
Cornu cephalaeditana (Giannuzzi-Savelli, Sparacio & Oliva, 1986) Cornu cretense Hausdorf, Bamberger & Walther, 2020 Cornu insolida (Monterosato, 1892) Cornu mazzullii (De Cristofori & Jan, 1832) Synonyms [1] Cornu (Cornu) Born, 1778 Cornu (Erctella) Monterosato, 1894 Cryptomphalus Charpentier, 1837 Erctella Monterosato, 1894 Helix (Cornu) Born ...
Cornu ammonis, a part of the hippocampus of the brain; Cornu coccygeum, one of two upward projecting processes which articulate with the sacrum; Cornua of the hyoid, the greater and lesser horns of the hyoid bones; Cornu anterius and cornu posterius, parts of the lateral ventricles of the brain; Horns of the spinal cord Cornu anterius medullae ...
Cornu aspersum (common garden snail) Stylommatophora is an order [3] of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. This taxon includes most land snails and slugs. Stylommatophorans lack an operculum, but some close their shell apertures with temporary "operculum" made of calcified mucus.
A cornu or cornum (Latin: cornū, cornūs or cornum, "horn", sometimes translated misleadingly as "cornet"; pl.: cornua) was an ancient Roman brass instrument about 3 m (9.8 ft) long in the shape of a letter 'G'. The instrument was braced by a crossbar that stiffened the structure and provided a means of supporting its weight on the player's ...
Cornucopia of a Roman statue of Livia as Fortuna, 42-52 AD, marble, Altes Museum, Berlin.. In classical antiquity, the cornucopia (/ ˌ k ɔːr n (j) ə ˈ k oʊ p i ə,-n (j) uː-/; from Latin cornu 'horn' and copia 'abundance'), also called the horn of plenty, was a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers, or nuts.
Lepus cornutus (labeled in French "Lièvre cornu"), as depicted in the 1789 Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique by Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre. In folklore, the lepus cornutus or horned hare is a type of hare or rabbit that in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries was believed to exist, but is now considered to be fictional.