corneous
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Corneous — Cor ne*ous ( ?s), a. [L. corneus, fr. cornu horn.] Of a texture resembling horn; horny; hard. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
corneous — [kôr′nē əs] adj. [L corneus < cornu,HORN] horny; hornlike … English World dictionary
Corneous — This goat has corneous horns … Wikipedia
corneous — adjective Etymology: Latin corneus Date: 1646 of a horny texture … New Collegiate Dictionary
corneous — adj. [L. corneus, of horn] Resembling horn; of hornlike texture; corniform … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
corneous — adjective Containing a horny substance; horny … Wiktionary
corneous — Structures that are horny (sclerified), particularly as related to reproductive appendages (modified first pleopod) of first form males [Hobbs and Jass, 1988] … Crustacea glossary
corneous — cor·ne·ous kȯr nē əs adj of a texture resembling horn * * * cor·ne·ous (korґne əs) [L. corneus] 1. horny. 2. keratinous (def. 1) … Medical dictionary
corneous — Synonyms and related words: bony, cement, cemental, concrete, dense, diamondlike, dure, flintlike, flinty, granitelike, granitic, hard, hard as nails, hardhearted, horny, iron hard, ironlike, lapideous, lithoid, lithoidal, marble, marblelike,… … Moby Thesaurus
corneous — cor·ne·ous || kÉ”Ënɪəs adj. horny, like horn … English contemporary dictionary
