Definition of Ossicone. Meaning of Ossicone. Synonyms of Ossicone

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Ossicone. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Ossicone and, of course, Ossicone synonyms and on the right images related to the word Ossicone.

Definition of Ossicone

No result for Ossicone. Showing similar results...

Meaning of Ossicone from wikipedia

- Ossicones are columnar or conical skin-covered bone structures on the heads of giraffes, male okapi, and some of their extinct relatives. Ossicones are...
- protuberances on their heads called ossicones, less than 15 cm (5.9 in) in length. Females possess hair whorls, and ossicones are absent. Okapis are primarily...
- and prevent sunburn. On top of the head are two bony structures called ossicones which are covered by thick skin and have dark hair on the tips. These...
- as ossicones on their foreheads; they are longer and larger than those of southern giraffes. Bull Northern giraffes have a third cylindrical ossicone in...
- deer), have one of four types of cranial appendages: true horns, antlers, ossicones, or pronghorns. True horns have a bone core that is covered in a permanent...
- single species, L. sherkana, known from a partial skull and fragmentary ossicones. Lyra may be a member of the subfamily Sivatheriinae. If this classification...
- calcification Mechanostat, a model describing ossification and bone loss Ossicone, the horn-like (or antler-like) protuberances on the heads of giraffes...
- distinguishing characteristics are its extremely long neck and legs, horn-like ossicones, and spotted coat patterns. It is classified under the family Giraffidae...
- harder to spot, is the number of ossicones on the head. This is the only Giraffa phenotype to be born with five ossicones. Two of these are the larger and...
- their robust size, short limbs, and the presence of large complicated ossicones in males. These animals lived in Asia, Africa, and parts of Europe from...