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Ancone   Listen
noun
Ancone, Ancon  n.  (Arch.)
(a)
The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter. (Obs.)
(b)
A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.






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... and such probably have been the parents of many other races, especially of those which in some senses may be called hereditary monsters; for instance where there is an additional limb, or where all the limbs are stunted (as in the Ancon sheep), or where a part is wanting, as in rumpless fowls and tailless dogs or cats{190}. The effects of external conditions on the size, colour and form, which can rarely and obscurely be detected during one individual ...
— The Foundations of the Origin of Species - Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 • Charles Darwin



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