culminicorn

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noun

A horny piece on a bird's beak that envelopes the culmen in some bird species, such as mollymawks.

OriginLatin culmen, culminis →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounculminicorn (plural culminicorns)

plural culminicorns

  1. biologyA horny piece on a bird's beak that envelopes the culmen in some bird species, such as mollymawks.

Origin

  1. Latinculmen, culminis“top, roof, summit, peak”
  2. Englishculminicorn

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

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APA

culminicorn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culminicorn

MLA

“culminicorn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culminicorn. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “culminicorn,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culminicorn.

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