Cavicorn
hollow-horned, as the ruminants with true horns, as distinguished from bony antlers.
adjective
(of sheep, goats, etc) having hollow horns as distinct from the solid antlers of deer
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- Cavie
noun (Scot) a hen coop Historical Examples
- Cavy
any of several short-tailed or tailless South American rodents of the family Caviidae, as the guinea pig, capybara, or agouti. Historical Examples noun (pl) -vies any small South American hystricomorph rodent of the family Caviidae, esp any of the genus Cavia, having a thickset body and very small tail See also guinea pig
- Cavil
to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say. to oppose by inconsequential, frivolous, or sham objections: to cavil each item of a proposed agenda. a trivial and annoying objection. the raising of such objections. Contemporary Examples Historical […]
- Cavils
to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say. to oppose by inconsequential, frivolous, or sham objections: to cavil each item of a proposed agenda. a trivial and annoying objection. the raising of such objections. Historical Examples verb […]
- Caviler
to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say. to oppose by inconsequential, frivolous, or sham objections: to cavil each item of a proposed agenda. a trivial and annoying objection. the raising of such objections. Historical Examples verb […]