cornicularとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

cornicular (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, rare) Being or relating to a horn angle.
2. (biology, rare) Of or pertaining to cornicles.
   • 1981, Murray S. Blum, Chemical Defenses of Arthropods, page 11:

     The cornicular secretions of the aphids Myzus persicae and Acyrthosiphon Pisum were analyzed by Strong (1967) and shown to consist almost exclusively of triglycerides.

   • 2012, Matthew L. Buffington, “Description of Nanocthulhu lovecrafti, a Preternatural New Genus and Species of Trichoplastini (Figitidae: Eucoilinae)”, in Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, volume 114, page 6:

     Nanocthulhu possesses a cornicular knob on the corniculum, distinguishing this genus from Stentorceps, which has a circular or ovoid corniculum […]

   • 2014, Cecile Le Lann et al., “Thermal change alters the outcome of behavioural interactions between antagonistic partners”, in Ecological Entomology, volume 39, →DOI:

     The cornicular secretions act in two ways: they can trap the parasitoid as well as function as alarm pheromones that alert their nearby conspecific individuals. The following behaviours of the aphids were recorded: […] cornicular secretions (0, 1 side or 2 sides).