cornicle

[ kawr-ni-kuh l ]

/ ˈkɔr nɪ kəl /

noun

any of various small, horn-shaped processes, especially one of a pair of tubes at the posterior end of the abdomen of aphids, from which a waxy fluid is emitted.

Nearby words

cornhusker state,
cornhusking,
cornice,
corniche,
cornichon,
corniculate,
corniculate cartilage,
corniculum,
cornification,
cornify

Origin of cornicle

1640–50; < Latin corniculum little horn, equivalent to corn- (stem of cornū) horn + -i- -i- + -culum -cle¹