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

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)

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 MacGillivray, John

Caulis: the funicle of antenna: the corneous basal part of jaws.

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

Tergo-rhabdites: the lower pair of corneous appendages forming the ovipositor in grasshoppers: plates on the inner dorsal surface of the abdominal wall.

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