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Meaning of CORNU AMMONIS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cor"nu Am*mo"nis\ ([a^]m*m[=o]"n[i^]s); pl.
{Cornua Ammonis}. [L., horn of Ammon. See {Ammonite}.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name
for an ammonite.
 
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