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See Horned Owl.

• Hornstone
  A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.
• Horntail
  Any one of family (Uroceridae) of large hymenopterous insects, allied to the sawflies. The larvae bore in the wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females.
• Hornobbed
  of Hobnob
• Hornfish
  The garfish or sea needle.
• Hornwork
  An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.
• Hornobbing
  of Hobnob
• Hornfoot
  Having hoofs; hoofed.
• Hornwort
  An aquatic plant (Ceratophyllum), with finely divided leaves.
• Hornwrack
  A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.
• Hornbeak
  A fish. See Hornfish.
• Hornbeam
  A tree of the genus Carpinus (C. Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is C. Be
• Horny-handed
  Having the hands horny and callous from labor.
• Hornbill
  Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, wh

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