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|lexical category=noun, plural; singular <b>cornutus</b>
 
|lexical category=noun, plural; singular <b>cornutus</b>
 
|etymology=Latin <i>cornutus</i>, horned
 
|etymology=Latin <i>cornutus</i>, horned
|definition=([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) Sclerotized armature of the aedeagus of male Lepodoptera, in the form of slender single spines, scale-like dentations, dense spine-hairs or rasplike teeth; sometimes breaking off during copulation and remaining in the bursa copulatrix of the female.
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|definition=([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) Sclerotized [[armature]] of the [[aedeagus]] of [[male]] Lepodoptera, in the form of slender single spines, scale-like dentations, dense [[spine]]-hairs or rasplike [[teeth]]; sometimes breaking off during [[copulation]] and remaining in the [[bursa copulatrix]] of the female.
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Latest revision as of 23:40, 13 September 2013

cornuti (noun, plural; singular cornutus; Latin cornutus, horned): (Arthropoda: Insecta) Sclerotized armature of the aedeagus of male Lepodoptera, in the form of slender single spines, scale-like dentations, dense spine-hairs or rasplike teeth; sometimes breaking off during copulation and remaining in the bursa copulatrix of the female.