Corniculate, an Anglicisation of the Latin diminutives corniculata, corniculatum, and corniculatus, describes an object possessing hornlike extensions. The root is Latin cornu = `horn`. The term is used to describe the shape of the corniculate cartilages of the larynx. The Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) is named for its distinctive horn-..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corniculate
Cor·nic'u·late adjective [ Latin corniculatus .] 1. Horned; having horns. Dr. H. More. 2. (Botany) Having processes resembling small horns. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/161