Corniculate

Larynx with corniculate cartilages indicated at center.

The Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata

Corniculate, an Anglicisation of the Latin diminutives corniculata, corniculatum, and corniculatus, describes an object possessing hornlike extensions.^[1] The root is Latin cornu = "horn". The term is used to describe the shape of the corniculate cartilages of the larynx. The Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) is named for its distinctive horn-like coloration. Likewise Oxalis corniculata (Creeping Woodsorrel) is named for its two erect capsules, which resemble little horns,^[2][3] and the Bird's-foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus^[4] and Goat's Horn Mangrove Aegiceras corniculatum^[5] are named for their horn-shaped fruits.

References

1. ^ "Farlex free dictionary:Corniculate". http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/corniculate. 
2. ^ "Flora of Australia Online". ABRS. http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=5681. 
3. ^ See photograph
4. ^ "030 II Bird's Foot -Trefoil Lotus corniculatus L.". British-wild-flowers.com. http://www.british-wild-flowers.com/bird%27s%20foot%20trefoil%20lotus%20corniculatus,%20l.html. 
5. ^ "Noosa's Native Plants:Aegiceras corniculatum". http://www.noosanativeplants.com.au/plants/32/aegiceras-corniculatum.  Note photo.

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