English Explanatory Dictionary

cornu ammonis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an ammonite.
  2. The hippocampus of the brain.

Word forms

cornu ammonis cornua ammonis

Etymology

From Latin cornū Ammōnis (“Ammon's horn”). See ammonite.

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