What does corneous mean?
Definitions for corneous
ˈkɔr ni əscor·neous
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Princeton's WordNet
corneous, hornlike, hornyadjective
made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)
Wiktionary
corneousadjective
Containing a horny substance; horny.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Corneousadjective
Horny; of a substance resembling horn.
Etymology: corneus, Latin.
Such as have corneous or horny eyes, as lobsters, and crustaceous animals, are generally dimsighted. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Err.
The various submarine shrubs are of a corneous or ligneous constitution, consisting chiefly of a fibrous matter. John Woodward.
Wikipedia
Corneous
Corneous is a biological and medical term meaning horny, in other words made out of a substance similar to that of horns and hooves in some mammals. The word is generally used to describe natural or pathological anatomical structures made out of a hard layer of protein. In mammals this protein would usually be keratin. The word corneous is also often used to describe the operculum of a snail, a gastropod mollusc. Not all gastropods have opercula, but in the great majority of those that do have one, the operculum is corneous. (However in several genera within a few families including the marine Naticidae and the terrestrial Pomatiidae, the operculum is primarily calcareous, in other words mostly made of calcium carbonate.) Corneous opercula are made out of the protein conchiolin.
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corneous
Corneous refers to a substance or structure that is hard, rigid, and horn-like in texture or appearance, resembling the material of animal horns or hooves. It is typically used to describe certain body structures in zoology and anatomy.
Entomology
Corneous
of a horny or chitinous substance; resembling horn in texture.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of corneous in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of corneous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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