"cornu ammonis" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cornua ammonis [plural]
Etymology: From Latin cornū Ammōnis (“Ammon's horn”). See ammonite. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cornū Ammōnis|t=Ammon's horn}} Latin cornū Ammōnis (“Ammon's horn”) Head templates: {{en-noun|cornua ammonis|nolinkhead=1}} cornu ammonis (plural cornua ammonis)
  1. (paleontology, obsolete) A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an ammonite. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Paleontology Categories (lifeform): Ammonites
    Sense id: en-cornu_ammonis-en-noun-HHVEESgB Disambiguation of Ammonites: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
  2. (anatomy, obsolete) The hippocampus of the brain. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-cornu_ammonis-en-noun-rr0oRPTK Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cornu Ammonis

Inflected forms

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