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- noun Plural form of
cornicle .
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Examples
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Their fat pear shaped bodies have 2 small tubes called cornicles projecting from their rear.
Kitchen Gardeners International - Planting the seeds of a delicious, sustainable, food-secure world Joel LeGrand 2010
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Their fat pear shaped bodies have 2 small tubes called cornicles projecting from their rear.
Kitchen Gardeners International - Planting the seeds of a delicious, sustainable, food-secure world Joel LeGrand 2010
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Nectaries: honey-tubes, cornicles, siphuncles; q.v. Nematid: thread-like.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Corniculus - i: = cornicles; honey-tubes; q.v. Corniform: like the horn of an ox: a long, mucronate or pointed process.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Honey tubes: small tubes or tubercles on the abdomen of plant lice and other insects through which a sweetish liquid or honey dew is excreted siphonets; siphuncles; cornicles.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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