corniculum


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corniculum

(kɔːˈnɪkjʊləm)
n, pl -la (-lə)
a small horn or corniform part
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corniculum (Kofoid et Michener) B 4.9 H P 1 Taylor et Balech P.
Watt (7) suggested sed mihi corniculum de caelo pascitur ipso: "my tentacles feed on dew from the sky"; Symphosius may have imagined that the snail uses its tentacles to feed itself'.
The hyiod opening, the cornum and corniculum has been reduced most probably as a consequence of the increasing bulla development (i.e.