Cornu
name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
"Near-synonyms: infundibulum, choana, pelvis"
- 2 (anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape wordnet
- 3 A brass instrument from Ancient Rome about 3 metres long in the shape of a letter 'G'.
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from French.
- 2 A surname from French.; French mathematician Marie Alfred Cornu (1841–1902). attributive
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Near-synonyms: infundibulum, choana, pelvis"
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cornū (“horn”). Doublet of corn (“callus”), corno, and horn.