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bicornuate - 4 dictionary results

bi⋅corn

[bahy-kawrn]
–adjective Also, bi⋅cor⋅nate [bahy-kawr-nit, -neyt] , bi⋅cor⋅nu⋅ate [bahy-kawr-nyoo-it, -eyt] , bi⋅cor⋅nu⋅ous.
1. Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
2. shaped like a crescent.
–noun
3. bicorne.

Origin:
1745–55; < L bicornis, equiv. to bi- bi- 1 + corn(ū) horn + -is adj. suffix
bi·cor·nu·ate   (bī-kôr'nyōō-ĭt, -āt')   
adj.  
  1. Having two horns or horn-shaped parts.
  2. Shaped like a crescent.

[From bi-1 + Latin cornū, horn; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.]

Main Entry: bi·cor·nu·ate
Pronunciation: (')bI-'korn-y&-"wAt, -w&t
Variant: or bi·cor·nate /-'kor-"nAt,-n&t/
Function: adjective
: having two horns or horn-shaped processes bicornuate uterus>

bicornuate bi·cor·nu·ate (bī-kôr'ny&oomacr;-ĭt, -āt')
adj.

  1. Having two horns or horn-shaped parts.
  2. Shaped like a crescent.

bi·cor'nu·ous (-əs) adj.

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