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cornicles

cornicles is the plural of cornicle.

Meaning of cornicle

Noun

cornicle (plural cornicles)

  1. (obsolete) A little horn.
  2. one of a pair of small upright backward-pointing tubes found on the dorsal side of the 5th or 6th abdominal segments of aphids

Questions about cornicles

What is cornicles the plural of?
Cornicles is the plural of cornicle.

Words near cornicles in the dictionary

  1. cornicing
  2. cornicings
  3. cornick
  4. Cornicks
  5. cornicle
  6. cornicles
  7. cornicula
  8. cornicular
  9. corniculars
  10. corniculate
  11. corniculum

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