Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having horns or hornlike projections.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Horned; having horns.
- Figuratively, crescent-shaped; having horns, as the moon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Horned; having horns.
- adjective (Bot.) Having processes resembling small horns.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Horned ; having horns. - adjective Having processes resembling small
horns .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The corniculate and cuneiform cartilage articulates with the metatarsal bones.
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The xiphoid process and the cartilages of the nose, larynx, and trachea (except the epiglottis and corniculate cartilages of the larynx, which are composed of elastic fibrocartilage) resemble the costal cartilages in microscopic characteristics.
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The arytenoid swellings are differentiated into the arytenoid and corniculate cartilages, and the folds joining them to the epiglottis form the aryepiglottic folds in which the cuneiform cartilages are developed as derivatives of the epiglottis.
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Beyond these is the entrance to the larynx, bounded on either side by the aryepiglottic folds, in each of which are two rounded eminences corresponding to the corniculate and cuneiform cartilages.
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Elastic - contains collagenous fibers plus large number of elastic fibers; most flexible type; found in the auricles of the external ear, in the walls of the external auditory canal, Eustachian tube, epiglottic, corniculate and cuneiform cartilages of the larynx. c.
fbharjo commented on the word corniculate
that's a horny issue
May 12, 2008