cornicle
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin corniculum, diminutive of cornū.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cornicle (plural cornicles)
- (obsolete) A little horn.
- (entomology) one of a pair of small upright backward-pointing tubes found on the dorsal side of the 5th or 6th abdominal segments of aphids
References edit
- “cornicle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.