cornua
- plural of cornu.
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Many Latin neuter plurals were adopted into French as feminine singulars, e.g., cornua, corne, horn; labra, lèvre, lip; vela, voile, sail.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
The posterior cornua are thrown outwards towards the surface, lose their pointed form, and dilate into rounded masses named the grey tubercles of Rolando.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
In the impregnated animal the wall of the cornua that contains one or several foetuses, and the body as well, becomes greatly thickened and the lining membrane more vascular.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
The lateral cornua are broad, flat, cartilaginous lateral extensions from the bases of the anterior cornua.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.
Thus each half or side of the cord has its own gray crescent, the horns of which point one forwards and the other backwards, called respectively the anterior and posterior cornua or horns.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
