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Cornicle logo #21000 The cornicle (or siphuncule) is one of a pair of small upright backward-pointing tubes found on the dorsal side of the last segment of the bodies of aphids. They are sometimes mistaken for cerci. They are no more than pores in some species. These abdominal tubes exude droplets of a quick-hardening defensive fluid containing triacylglycerols called...
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cornicle

cornicle logo #22339Tubelike structure located dorsally on abdomen
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Cornicle

Cornicle logo #21002• (n.) A little horn.
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Cornicle

Cornicle logo #22340One of the pair of small tubular outgrowths on the hind end of the aphid abdomen.
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Cornicle

Cornicle logo #20972Cor'ni·cle noun [ Latin corniculum , dim. of cornu horn.] A little horn. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.
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Cornicle

Cornicle logo #22344Dorsal tubular processes on the posterior portion of the abdomen; common on aphids.
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Cornicle

Cornicle logo #22337One of the pair of small tubular outgrowths on the hind end of the aphid abdomen.
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Cornicle

Cornicle logo #24000tubular projections from the abdomen of an aphid.
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cornicle

cornicle logo #22348short, tubelike projection at the back of aphid abdomens used for secreting defensive chemicals
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cornicle

cornicle logo #21199any of various small, horn-shaped processes, esp. one of a pair of tubes at the posterior end of the abdomen of aphids, from which a waxy fluid is emitted.
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