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cornu ammonis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cor-nu am-mo-nis
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an ammonite.

Obsolete

noun

The hippocampus of the brain.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Latin cornū Ammōnis (“Ammon's horn”). See ammonite.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: cornū Ammōnis

Usage

Inflected Forms

cornua ammonis (plural)

Questions

What does cornu ammonis mean?
A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an ammonite.
Where does cornu ammonis come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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