cor|ni|cle

cor|ni|cle
cor|ni|cle «KR nuh kuhl», noun.
1. any small, hornlike organ or process, as one of the projections or antennae of a snail or an insect.
2. one of two hornlike, tubular organs on the back of an aphid, from which a waxy fluid is secreted; siphuncle.
╂[< Latin corniculum little horn; see etym. under corniculate (Cf. ↑corniculate)]

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