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

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)

Sclē′robase, a dense corneous mass, as in red coral.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

In some, however, the feet end in a single corneous substance called a hoof.

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