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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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
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 Ernest Weekley
And even in its evolutionary development, the homely animal reads us a lesson; for Dat Deus immiti cornua curta bovi, says the Latin proverb—"Savage cattle have only short horns."
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
At Broad Chalke are sometimes found cornua ammonis of chalke.
From The Natural History of Wiltshire by John Aubrey
Cf. also the pair of bronze Etruscan cornua, No. 2734 in the department of Creek and Roman antiquities at the British Museum, which possess well-preserved cup-shaped mouthpieces.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
