| 单词 |
cornicle |
| 释义 |
▪ I. cornicle|ˈkɔːnɪk(ə)l| [ad. L. corniculum, dim. of cornū horn.] A little horn (obs.); a small hornlike organ or process, as the ‘horns’ of a snail, the antennæ of an insect.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 155 [In snails] there will be found on either side two black..membranous strings, which extend into the long and shorter cornicle upon protrusion. 1658Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 924 Having two cornicles or little short horns. Ibid. 1003 The cornicles long and black, the wings coming forth of the middle of the loins. 1847Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 843/1 Minute cornicles sometimes attached to the pubis. 1859Ibid. V. 176/2 In Poupart's ligament..cornicles..are said to have been found in the human subject. ▪ II. cornicle obs. Sc. and north. f. chronicle.
c1475Partenay 1223 As ther cornicles shewith openly. |

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