corneous
Americanadjective
adjective
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
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The wings of insects may consist either of one or two pairs—the anterior or upper pair, when two are present, being in some instances greatly modified and presenting a corneous condition.
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Tergo-rhabdites: the lower pair of corneous appendages forming the ovipositor in grasshoppers: plates on the inner dorsal surface of the abdominal wall.
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The head is of a corneous, opaque substance.
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The winter wheats are, as a rule, more soft and starchy than the spring wheats, which are usually corneous or flinty to different degrees.
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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.
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