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[HORN-QUICKSILVER.) horn-mold, s. Bot.: Ceratium, a genus of Fungals. horn-of-plenty, s. [CORNUCOPIA.] Botany : 1. The rendering of Cornucopie, a genus of gra es, of which one species, C. cucullatum , came from the Levant, in 1788. IMG:content-1282.png:[blocks in formation] horn-bill, s . & a. [English horn , and bill . The name does not mean that the bill is more horny than that of other birds, but that it has a protuberance or knob which may be called a horn.] A. As substantive : Ornithology : 1. Sing .: Any species of the genus Buceros, the best known being Buceros rhinoceros , from India and the Indian Archipelago. 2. Pl .: The family Bucerotidae or Buceridæ (q. v.). B. As adj .: Having a bill with at least some faint resemblance to a horn.