Etymology

culminicorn

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Today it means: A horny piece on a bird's beak that envelopes the culmen in some bird species, such as mollymawks. Full definition →

Latin culmen, culminis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromculmen, culminis“top, roof, summit, peak”
  2. English todayculminicorn

From oblique stem of Latin culmen, culminis (“top, roof, summit, peak”) + -i- + -corn.

Words from the same roots

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