Corniferous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corniferous \Cor*nif"er*ous\ (k?r-n?f"?r-?s), a. [L. cornu horn
     + -ferous.] (Geol.)
     Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age.
     (See the Diagram, under {Geology}.) The Corniferous period
     has been so called from the numerous seams of hornstone which
     characterize the later part of the period, as developed in


     the State of New York.
     [1913 Webster]