cornu

[kawr-noo, -nyoo]

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.

Origin of cornu

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

Related formscor·nu·al, adjectivesub·cor·nu·al, adjective

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Examples from the Web for cornu

Historical Examples of cornu

They watched me sideways, like this, especially Cornu, because he squints.
Original Short Stories, Volume 3 (of 13)
Guy de Maupassant
Name from cornu, a horn; alluding to the hardness of the wood.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States
Asa Gray
On Trajan's column the tuba, the cornu and the buccina are distinguishable.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3
Various
In Aves the cornu formed from the first branchial arch (fig. 331, cbr) is always larger than that of the true hyoid arch (ch).
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)
Francis Maitland Balfour
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

British Dictionary definitions for cornu

cornu

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 Formscornual, adjective

Word Origin for cornu

C17: from Latin: a horn

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cornu in Medicine

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

Related formscor′nu•al adj.