CORNICULAR
Cor*nic"u*lar (-lr), n. Etym: [L. cornicularius.]
Defn: A secretary or clerk. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CORNICULATE
Cor/nic"u*late (kr-nk"-lt), a. Etym: [L. corniculatus.]
1. Horned; having horns. Dr. H. More.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Having processes resembling small horns.
CORNICULUM Cor*nic"u*lum (kr-nk"-lm), n.; pl. Cornicula (-l. Etym: [L. corniculum little horn.] (Anat.)
Defn: A small hornlike part or process.
CORNIFEROUS
Cor*nif"er*ous (kr-nf"r-s), a. Etym: [L. cornu horn + -ferous.]
(Geol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age.(See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called from the numerous seams of hornstone which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York.