corniculate

[ kawr-nik-yuh-lit, -leyt ]
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adjective
  1. resembling a small horn in appearance.

  2. having horns or hornlike parts; horned.

Origin of corniculate

1
1640–50; <Latin corniculātus horned, equivalent to cornicul(um) little horn (see cornicle) + -ātus-ate1

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British Dictionary definitions for corniculate

corniculate

/ (kɔːˈnɪkjʊˌleɪt, -lɪt) /


adjective
  1. having horns or hornlike projections

  2. relating to or resembling a horn

Origin of corniculate

1
C17: from Latin corniculātus horned, from corniculum a little horn, from cornū horn

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