Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A part or structure, such as a bony protuberance, that resembles a horn.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Horn; a horn.
- noun Something resembling or likened to a horn.
- noun Same as
ammonite . - noun The descending born of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
horn , or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape
Etymologies
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These projections are not found on the Christian altar, but the word cornu ( "horn") is still maintained to designate the sides or corners of the altar.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Genus name comes from the Latin word cornu meaning horn in reference to the toughness of the wood.
Find Me A Cure 2010
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In the receding angle below the chin is the hyoid bone, and the finger can be carried along the bone to the tip of the greater cornu, which is on a level with the angle of the mandible: the greater cornu is most readily appreciated by making pressure on one side, when the cornu of the opposite side will be rendered prominent and can be felt distinctly beneath the skin.
XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 1. Surface Anatomy of the Head and Neck 1918
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Or Cornelius is said of cornu, which is as much to say as strong, and of leos, that is people, that is the strength of people.
The Golden Legend, vol. 5 1230-1298 1900
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Amedee was now in the "seventh," and knew already that the phrase, "the will of God," could not be turned into Latin by 'bonitas divina', and that the word 'cornu' was not declinable.
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Amedee was now in the "seventh," and knew already that the phrase, "the will of God," could not be turned into Latin by 'bonitas divina', and that the word 'cornu' was not declinable.
A Romance of Youth — Complete Fran��ois Copp��e 1875
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Missal call the cornu epistolœ), facing the altar, as he reads the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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In this note they frankly admitted the justice of the criticisms of M. Gratiolet, quoted above, and they illustrated, by new and careful figures, the posterior lobe, the posterior cornu, and the hippocampus minor of the Orang.
Essays 2007
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But, unfortunately, this is a matter upon which, after all that has occurred, no mistake or confusion of terms is possible — and in affirming that the posterior lobe, the posterior cornu, and the hippocampus minor exist in certain Apes, I am stating either that which is true, or that which I must know to be false.
Essays 2007
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When the posterior lobe is well developed, a third prolongation of the ventricular cavity extends into it, and is called the “posterior cornu.”
Essays 2007
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