SPINDLE HORN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spindle horn mean? 

• SPINDLE HORN (noun)
  The noun SPINDLE HORN has 1 sense:

1. cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope; characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat

  Familiarity information: SPINDLE HORN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPINDLE HORN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope; characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

forest goat; Pseudoryx nghetinhensis; spindle horn

Hypernyms ("spindle horn" is a kind of...):

bovid (hollow-horned ruminants)

Holonyms ("spindle horn" is a member of...):

genus Pseudoryx; Pseudoryx (species of large cow-like mammals of Vietnam discovered by scientists in 1992)