Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cornicular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cor-nic-u-lar
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being or relating to a horn angle.

Obsolete

adj

Of or pertaining to cornicles.

Example Sentences

"The cornicular secretions of the aphids Myzus persicae and Acyrthosiphon Pisum were analyzed by Strong (1967) and shown to consist almost exclusively of triglycerides."
"Nanocthulhu possesses a cornicular knob on the corniculum, distinguishing this genus from Stentorceps, which has a circular or ovoid corniculum[…]"
"The cornicular secretions act in two ways: they can trap the parasitoid as well as function as alarm pheromones that alert their nearby conspecific individuals. The following behaviours of the aphids were recorded: […]cornicular secretions (0, 1 side or 2 sides)."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

corniculars (plural)

Questions

What does cornicular mean?: Being or relating to a horn angle.

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