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

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corneous

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

The head is of a corneous, opaque substance.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 Volume 18, New Series, August 21, 1852 by William Chambers

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 John. B. Smith

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

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

Each cell arises from the upper and back part of another, with the intervention of a short corneous tube which is prolonged from the interior of one cell to that of the one above.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by John MacGillivray