Associations to the word «Cornu»

Wiktionary

CORNU, noun. A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
CORNU AMMONIS, noun. (paleontology) (obsolete) A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an ammonite.
CORNU AMMONIS, noun. (anatomy) (obsolete) The hippocampus of the brain.

Dictionary definition

CORNU, noun. (anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.