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- Latin · borrowed fromcornū Ammōnis“Ammon's horn”
- English todaycornu ammonis
From Latin cornū Ammōnis (“Ammon's horn”). See ammonite.
Words from the same roots
Latincornū Ammōnis all →
Ammon's horn
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
cornu ammonis
Today it means: A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an ammonite. Full definition →
Latin cornū Ammōnis