(n.) A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.
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(1) Monosomy 4p is rare; cytogenetic diagnosis is difficult when it is not oriented by clinical signs such as severe hypotonia, profound encephalopathy and dysmorphism ("casque de guerrier grec").
Hornbill
Definition:
(n.) 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, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals.
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(1) The mute swan (Cygnus olor), mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos), common gallinule (Gallinula chloropus), common rhea (Rhea americana), and red-billed hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus) were the 5 species most frequently affected of the 1,032 deaths from 1973 through 1983.
(2) An acute hemorrhagic septicemia in a captive ground-hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) is reported.
(3) The animal cargo, worth $113,715, reportedly included: two lappet-faced vultures, two serval cats, two impalas, two black verreaux’s eagles, three elands, four giraffes, four ground hornbill, five spring hares, six oryx, seven kori bustard, 10 dik-dik, 20 Grant’s gazelle, 68 Thomson’s gazelle, and a secretary bird.