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Cornua
(gcide) | Cornu \Cor"nu\ (k[^o]r"n[-u]), n.; pl. Cornua (-n[-u]*[.a]).
[L.]
A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
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bicornuate
(encz) | bicornuate,dvojrohý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Cornua Ammonis
(gcide) | Cornu Ammonis \Cor"nu Am*mo"nis\ ([a^]m*m[=o]"n[i^]s); pl.
Cornua Ammonis. [L., horn of Ammon. See Ammonite.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name
for an ammonite.
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cornua copiae
(gcide) | Cornucopia \Cor`nu*co"pi*a\ (k[^o]r`n[-u]*k[=o]"p[i^]*[.a]), n.;
pl. Cornucopias (-[.a]z). [L. cornu copiae horn of plenty.
See Horn, and Copious.]
1. The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are
represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.
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2. pl. (Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers
resembling the cornucopia in form.
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Note: Some writers maintain that this word should be written,
in the singular, cornu copi[ae], and in the plural,
cornua copi[ae].
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Medicornua
(gcide) | Medicornu \Med`i*cor"nu\, n.; pl. Medicornua. [NL., fr. L.
medius middle + cornu horn.] (Anat.)
The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the
brain. --B. G. Wilder.
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Postcornua
(gcide) | Postcornu \Post*cor"nu\, n.; pl. Postcornua. [NL. See Post-,
and Cornu.] (Anat.)
The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
--B. G. Wilder.
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Praecornua
(gcide) | Praecornu \Pr[ae]*cor"nu\, n.; pl. Pr[ae]cornua. [NL. See
Pre-, and Cornu.] (Anat.)
The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
--B. G. Wilder.
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bicornuate
(wn) | bicornuate
adj 1: having two horns or horn-shaped parts; "a bicornuate
uterus" [syn: bicorn, bicorned, bicornate,
bicornuate, bicornuous] |
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