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Noun: culmen (culmina)
  1. Top, summit
    "They reached the culmen of the mountain after hours of climbing"
     
  2. (zoology) the top ridge of a bird's bill
    "The ornithologist measured the length of the culmen to identify the species"

Derived forms: culmina

Encyclopedia: Culmen