02324 Cor"nu Am*mo"nis (?m-m?"n?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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02324 Cor"nish (k?r"n?sh), a. Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England.Cornish chough. See Chough. -- Cornish engine, a single-acting pumping engine, used in mines, in Cornwall and elsewhere, and for water works. A heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up the water by its weight, in descending.
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