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culminicorn

culminicorn noun: a horny piece on a bird's beak that envelopes the culmen in some bird species, such as mollymawks.

Noun

culminicorn (plural culminicorns)

  1. A horny piece on a bird's beak that envelopes the culmen in some bird species, such as mollymawks.

Forms of culminicorn

pluralculminicorns

Origin of culminicorn

From oblique stem of Latin culmen, culminis (“top, roof, summit, peak”) + -i- + -corn.

Questions about culminicorn

What does culminicorn mean?
Culminicorn means a horny piece on a bird's beak that envelopes the culmen in some bird species, such as mollymawks.
What part of speech is culminicorn?
Culminicorn is a noun.
What is the plural of culminicorn?
The plural of culminicorn is culminicorns.

Words near culminicorn in the dictionary

  1. culminating
  2. culmination
  3. culminations
  4. culminativity
  5. Culmington
  6. culminicorn
  7. culminicorns
  8. Culmont
  9. culms
  10. Culmstock
  11. culmy

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