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cornicle

/ˈkɔː(ɹ)nɪkəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cor-ni-cle
IPA
/ˈkɔː(ɹ)nɪkəl/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A little horn.

Obsolete

noun

one of a pair of small upright backward-pointing tubes found on the dorsal side of the 5th or 6th abdominal segments of aphids

Etymology

From Latin corniculum, diminutive of cornū. By surface analysis, Latin corn(ū) + -i- + -c(u)le.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

cornicles (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

corn corniculum

Questions

How do you pronounce cornicle?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɔː(ɹ)nɪkəl/.
What does cornicle mean?
A little horn.
Where does cornicle come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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