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Definition of Corneous
1. Adjective. Made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn).
Definition of Corneous
1. a. Of a texture resembling horn; horny; hard.
Definition of Corneous
1. Adjective. Containing a horny substance; horny. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corneous
1. of a hornlike texture [adj]
Medical Definition of Corneous
1. Synonym: horny. Origin: L. Corneus, fr. Cornu, horn (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corneous
Literary usage of Corneous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Analytical Essays Towards Promoting the Chemical Knowledge of Mineral Substances by Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1801)
"... as that from the Saxon corneous-ore ; fo that allò, in this cafe, ... Hence it
is obvious, that the Siberian corneous ..."
2. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"... all with 2 or 3 corneous and subulate diverging smooth awns (rarely an ascending
... or sometimes all reduced to a crown of corneous ..."
3. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1904)
"He suggests that the corneous bodies, which are found in the interior and at the
two sides of the head of this species, may be a character of the male, ..."
4. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1891)
"... with longer spines at tip, and, finally, the front shows quite a long, conic,
corneous projection, which is evident in neither of the other species. ..."
5. Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases (1886)
"As in the previous lesion, the elevated part consists almost entirely of epithelial
cells, with their origin in this case from the corneous layer and ..."
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