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cornu

The English word “cornu” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
  2. A brass instrument from Ancient Rome about 3 metres long in the shape of a letter 'G'.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cornū (“horn”). Doublet of corn (“callus”), corno, and horn.

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