Definition of Cornicles

1. Noun. (plural of cornicle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cornicles

1. cornicle [n] - See also: cornicle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornicles

cornhusking
cornhuskings
cornhusks
corni
cornic
cornic acid
cornice
corniced
cornices
corniche
corniches
cornichon
cornichons
cornicing
cornicle
cornicles (current term)
cornicular
corniculars
corniculate
corniculate cartilage
corniculate tubercle
corniculopharyngeal ligament
corniculum
corniculum laryngis
cornier
corniest
cornific
cornification
cornifications

Literary usage of Cornicles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1905)
"Corn Root-aphis, wingless viviparous female; greatly enlarged; a, apex of abdomen showing cornicles, tubercles,and cauda. FIG. 20.—Pupa of same species; ..."

2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1908)
"cornicles, .66mm., and distinctly but not strongly davate. Wing, 3 mm. long, venation normal, each nervure terminating in a small dusky spot on wing margin. ..."

3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1908)
"Antennae dark brown to black, excepting the fourth and fifth segments, which are white; not reaching the cornicles. Eyes black. Beak pale, excepting the ..."

4. Report of the Illinois State Entomologist Concerning Operations Under the by Illinois State Entomologist (1885)
"cornicles short, tapering towards the tip, not swollen, extremities flared. Cauda short and wide. Length of body, 1.4 mm. ; width of body, .93 mm. ..."

5. Journal of Economic Entomology by Entomological Society of America, American Association of Economic Entomologists (1910)
"Style half the length of cornicles, dark green. cornicles black, paler at tip. ... cornicles dark green, black and somewhat thinner at tips. ..."

6. Our insect enemies by Theodore Wood (1885)
"... with mouth- parts of other insects—Different portions of which it is composed—Variation in individual species—The limbs and their office—The cornicles, ..."

7. Monograph of the British Aphides by George Bowdler Buckton (1876)
"Antennae long, pubescent, pale brown. cornicles very long, cylindrical, ... cornicles 0'025 0'62. Pale green. Often tinged with brown between the cornicles. ..."

8. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"5 and Table V. Selections Made in an Attempt to Increase the Length of the cornicles in Comparison with that of the Body. Isolation No. c. ..."

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