cornu
noun
an anatomical structure, especially a bony part, that resembles a horn.
cornua
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pluralof cornu.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Dat Deus immiti cornua curta bovi; God curtails the power to do evil in those who desire to do it.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various
In cutting through Baldock-hill, to form a new road, a number of fossils, consisting of cornua ammonis, sharks' teeth, &c., were discovered.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
Make out, by feeling, the position of the hyoid body, and of its anterior cornua.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The cold, pale, chaste moon comes forth from behind the cloud, determined to reveal every iota of transgression: no farther chance of concealment here—Reparat sua cornua Phœbe.
From Sword and Gown A Novel by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence
The angles of the uterus are still produced into cornua, even so high in the scale as in the lower apes, and their allies the lemurs.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Charles Darwin
