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tornus

tornus noun: the bottom corner of a wing.

tornus: the bottom corner of a wing
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Noun

tornus (plural torni)

  1. The bottom corner of a wing.

Forms of tornus

pluraltorni

Questions about tornus

What does tornus mean?
Tornus means the bottom corner of a wing.
What part of speech is tornus?
Tornus is a noun.
What is the plural of tornus?
The plural of tornus is torni.

Words near tornus in the dictionary

  1. tornotes
  2. Tornow
  3. Tornows
  4. Tornquist
  5. Tornquists
  6. tornus
  7. toro
  8. Toro Canyon
  9. torob
  10. torocyte
  11. torocytes

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