cuneus

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cuneus

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Learned borrowing from Latin cuneus. Doublet of coign and coin.

noun cunei

A portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing.
A wedge-shaped section of the forewing of certain heteropteran bugs.
One of a set of wedge-shaped divisions separated by stairways, found in the Ancient Roman theatre and in mediaeval architecture.

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noun portion of the occipital lobe

Español	cuña

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"cuneus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cuneus. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cuneus. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cuneus

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"cuneus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cuneus.

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@misc{cuneus_2026,
  title = {cuneus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cuneus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}