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The unicorn throne in Denmark. A unicorn horn, also known as an alicorn, [1] is a legendary object whose reality was accepted in Europe and Asia from the earliest recorded times. This "horn" comes from the creature known as a unicorn, also known in the Hebrew Bible as a re'em or wild ox. [2] Many healing powers and antidotal virtues were ...
Ceratogyrus. Pocock, 1897[1] Species. 10, species text. Synonyms [1] Coelogenium Purcell, 1902. Ceratogyrus dolichocephalus. Ceratogyrus is a genus of tarantulas found in southern Africa. [1] They are commonly called horned baboons for the foveal horn found on the peltidium in some species.
Nine biomes have been described in South Africa: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, desert, Nama Karoo, grassland, savanna, Albany thickets, the Indian Ocean coastal belt, and forests. [3] The 2018 South African National Biodiversity Institute 's National Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phyla Anthocerotophyta (hornworts ...
The vuvuzela / vuːvuːˈzɛlə / is a horn, with an inexpensive injection-moulded plastic shell about 65 centimetres (2 ft) long, which produces a loud monotone note, typically around B♭ 3 [2] (the first B♭ below middle C). [3] Some models are made in two parts to facilitate storage, and this design also allows pitch variation.
Euphorbia grandicornis is a shrub with succulent, spiny stems that reaches a size of 0.5–2 m in height. Small leaves are formed between the spines but later drop off; the stems do the bulk of the photosynthesis. It is much branched from the base, with thorns, the branches 3-angled, erect or ascending, very deeply constricted in segments ...
Cotyledon orbiculata is an extremely variable species, one that grows to approximately 1.3 m (4.3 ft) in height. [1] It has gray-green leaves (up to 13 by 7 cm (5.1 by 2.8 in)), which naturally develop a white, powdery substance (known as farina) on their surfaces; this farina helps reflect sunlight and conserve water.
The best known Elasmotherium species, E. sibiricum, sometimes called the Siberian unicorn, [4] was the size of a mammoth and is often conjectured to have borne a single very large horn. However, no horn has ever been found, and other authors have conjectured that the horn was likely much smaller.
See text. Proboscidea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Martyniaceae, some of whose species are known as devil's claw, devil's horn, ram's horn, or unicorn plant. The plants produce long, hooked seed pods. The hooks catch on the feet of animals, and as the animals walk, the pods are ground or crushed open, dispersing the seeds.