cornicle

[ kawr-ni-kuhl ]

noun

1. any of various small, horn-shaped processes, especially one of a pair of tubes at the posterior end of the abdomen of aphids, from which a waxy fluid is emitted.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cornicle¹

1640–50; < Latin corniculum little horn, equivalent to corn- (stem of cornū ) horn + -i- -i- + -culum -cle ¹

Example Sentences

The scion of an old Virginia fox-hunting family, Marine Corps Commandant Lemuel Cornicle Shepherd Jr., 58, took a day off from his official duties, rode off across the Virginia hills with a Warrenton hunt.

From Time Magazine Archive

We went from him to the printer's workhouse, whom we found at the end of the 17 book of his Cornicle at a place which we thought verie hard for the tyme, which might be an occasion for staying the haill work, anent the burial of Davie.

From Project Gutenberg