corneous

American  

[kawr-nee-uhs] / ˈkɔr ni əs /

adjective

1. consisting of a horny substance; horny.

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corneous British  

/ ˈkɔːnɪəs /

adjective

1. horny; hornlike

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Other Word Forms

• pseudocorneous adjective
• subcorneous adjective

Etymology

Origin of corneous

1640–50; < Latin corneus horny, equivalent to corn ( ū ) horn + -eus -eous

Example Sentences

It had vanished during his babyhood leaving only a corneous spot on his skull; but people were glad when Tomlin died.

From Time Magazine Archive

Base of these wings in the male with a strong bristle passing behind a strong corneous retinaculum, which arises from the anterior side of the sub-costal nervure.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort

Tubus: a term used to designate the corneous base of a ligula: the sheath of the tongue.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

There are still others that have their toes united and drawn under the skin, or enveloped in corneous hoofs, and are thereby enabled to exercise no prehensile power whatever.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

In the next stage the larva has a solid corneous envelope and an oval shape, and, in its color, consistency, and immobility, resembles the chrysalis of a fly.

From A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. by Jordan, David Starr