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Meanings of hornlike in English

Made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)

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Usage of hornlike in English
1
The creature looked berserk and demonic, with hornlike growths on his albino skull.
The Descent
2
His upturned hornlike tusks were bound with bands of gold and dripped with blood.
The two towers
3
They reminded him of the hornlike deposits that appear on the inside of horses' legs.
Brisingr
4
Like all of his kind the salarian's head was narrow and crowned with two hornlike appendages.
Mass Effect: Deception
5
Instead, he's a professional Elvis impersonator, with muttonchops and a hornlike pompadour, who lives in nearby Ticonderoga.
Wired
6
I pulled the owl out by the hornlike tufts growing from its forehead and turned it upside down.
Bag of Bones
7
If a sitfest has developed, the dead hornlike slough must be cut out and the wound treated with antiseptics.
One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered
8
The nearest body was unmistakably a joker, the face elongated into a furry snout and the hands hornlike claws.
Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
9
Ae emerged, looked up to Maskull, and called out in aer hornlike voice, "The entrance is here!"
A Voyage to Arcturus
10
If a sitfast has developed, the dead hornlike slough must be carefully dissected out and the wound treated carefully with antiseptics.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
11
Baleen is a hornlike substance that forms filaments that hang down from the roof of the mouth to strain food from seawater.
Wired
Hornlike through the time