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cornicular

cornicular adjective: being or relating to a horn angle.

Adjective

cornicular (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Being or relating to a horn angle.
  2. (rare) Of or pertaining to cornicles.
    • The cornicular secretions of the aphids Myzus persicae and Acyrthosiphon Pisum were analyzed by Strong (1967) and shown to consist almost exclusively of triglycerides.1981, Murray S. Blum, Chemical Defenses of Arthropods, page 11
    • Nanocthulhu possesses a cornicular knob on the corniculum, distinguishing this genus from Stentorceps, which has a circular or ovoid corniculum[…]2012, Matthew L. Buffington, “Description of Nanocthulhu lovecrafti, a Preternatural New Genus and Species of Trichoplastini (Figitidae: Eucoilinae)”, in Proceedings of the Entomological Society of...

Forms of cornicular

pluralcorniculars

Questions about cornicular

What does cornicular mean?
Cornicular means being or relating to a horn angle.
What part of speech is cornicular?
Cornicular is an adjective.

Words near cornicular in the dictionary

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

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