cornu

[ kawr-noo, -nyoo ]

/ ˈkɔr nu, -nyu /

noun, plural cor·nu·a [kawr-noo-uh, -nyoo-uh] /ˈkɔr nu ə, -nyu ə/.

a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.

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Words nearby cornu

cornrow, cornstalk, cornstarch, cornstick, cornstone, cornu, cornu ammonis, cornucopia, cornucopia leg, cornute, cornuted

Origin of cornu

1685–95; < Latin: horn; akin to Greek kéras (see cerat-), krāníon cranium

OTHER WORDS FROM cornu

cor·nu·al, adjectivesub·cor·nu·al, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for cornu

Madame Cornu's last letter was a solemn exhortation to abstain from that step.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 70, No. 433, November 1851|Various
Curro and hurry are the same word; and so are cornu and horn; Carolus and Harold.
Dissertation on the English Language|Noah Webster, Jr.
His conduct toward us has put hay on his horns—foenum habet in cornu—and we shall avoid him.
Continental Monthly, Vol. II. July, 1862. No. 1.|Various
Cornu remarks that this equation suffices to determine the general character of the curve.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4|Various

At its endowment Henry laid on the altar the famous "cornu eburneum," now lost.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle|C. King Eley

British Dictionary definitions for cornu

cornu

/ (ˈkɔːnjuː) /

noun plural -nua (-njʊə)

anatomy a part or structure resembling a horn or having a hornlike pattern, such as a cross section of the grey matter of the spinal cord

Derived forms of cornu

cornual, adjective

Word Origin for cornu

C17: from Latin: a horn

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Medical definitions for cornu

cornu

[ kôr′nōō ]

n. pl. cor•nu•a (-nōō-ə)

A part or structure, such as a protuberance, that is composed of a horny substance.

horn

Other words from cornu

cor′nu•al adj.