Cornu Ammonis \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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