Corneous

  • 1Corneous — 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

  • 2corneous — [kôr′nē əs] adj. [L corneus < cornu,HORN] horny; hornlike …

    English World dictionary

  • 3Corneous — This goat has corneous horns …

    Wikipedia

  • 4corneous — adjective Etymology: Latin corneus Date: 1646 of a horny texture …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 5corneous — adj. [L. corneus, of horn] Resembling horn; of hornlike texture; corniform …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 6corneous — /kawr nee euhs/, adj. consisting of a horny substance; horny. [1640 50; < L corneus horny, equiv. to corn(u) HORN + eus EOUS] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 7corneous — adjective Containing a horny substance; horny …

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  • 8corneous — Structures that are horny (sclerified), particularly as related to reproductive appendages (modified first pleopod) of first form males [Hobbs and Jass, 1988] …

    Crustacea glossary

  • 9corneous — cor·ne·ous kȯr nē əs adj of a texture resembling horn * * * cor·ne·ous (korґne &#601;s) [L. corneus] 1. horny. 2. keratinous (def. 1) …

    Medical dictionary

  • 10corneous — 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,&#8230; …

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