ossicone

== English == === Etymology === From Latin os (“bone”) and Middle French cone, from Latin cōnus (“cone, wedge, peak”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɒsɪkəʊn/ === Noun === ossicone (plural ossicones) Either of the horn-like protuberances on the heads of giraffes and male okapi. Some extinct species in the family bore antler-like ossicones. ==== Derived terms ==== ossiconed ==== Translations ====