Cornuate
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Horn-shaped, as with a bicornuate uterus.
"[…] that in the higher apes, Troglodytes, Pithecus, the posterior cavity of the tricornate ventricle becomes of larger dimensions than in Cercopithecus, although far inferior in size and diverse in shape, from the much deeper, and more incurved cornuate bay which forms the digital cavity of man."
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More examples"[…] that in the higher apes, Troglodytes, Pithecus, the posterior cavity of the tricornate ventricle becomes of larger dimensions than in Cercopithecus, although far inferior in size and diverse in shape, from the much deeper, and more incurved cornuate bay which forms the digital cavity of man."
Etymology
From Latin cornuātus (“horn-shaped”), from cornū (“horn”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).