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corniculum

corniculum noun: a small horn-like part or process.

Noun

corniculum (plural cornicula)

  1. (archaic) A small horn-like part or process.

Forms of corniculum

pluralcornicula

Origin of corniculum

Borrowed from Latin corniculum (“little horn”).

Questions about corniculum

What does corniculum mean?
Corniculum means a small horn-like part or process.
What part of speech is corniculum?
Corniculum is a noun.
What is the plural of corniculum?
The plural of corniculum is cornicula.

Words near corniculum in the dictionary

  1. cornicles
  2. cornicula
  3. cornicular
  4. corniculars
  5. corniculate
  6. corniculum
  7. cornicyll
  8. cornicylls
  9. Corniel
  10. Corniels
  11. cornier

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