cornu ammonis

English

Alternative forms

  • cornu Ammonis

Etymology

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

Noun

cornu ammonis (plural cornua ammonis)

  1. (paleontology, obsolete) A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an ammonite.[1]
  2. (anatomy, obsolete) The hippocampus of the brain.

References

  1. ^ “cornu ammonis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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