cornicle

== English == === Etymology === From Latin corniculum, diminutive of cornū. By surface analysis, Latin corn(ū) +‎ -i- +‎ -c(u)le. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ)nɪkəl/ === Noun === cornicle (plural cornicles) (obsolete) A little horn. (entomology) one of a pair of small upright backward-pointing tubes found on the dorsal side of the 5th or 6th abdominal segments of aphids ==== Related terms ==== ==== References ==== “cornicle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.