corneous
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It had vanished during his babyhood leaving only a corneous spot on his skull; but people were glad when Tomlin died.
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The head is of a corneous, opaque substance.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 Volume 18, New Series, August 21, 1852 by William Chambers
In some, however, the feet end in a single corneous substance called a hoof.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
Base of these wings in the male with a strong bristle passing behind a strong corneous retinaculum, which arises from the anterior side of the sub-costal nervure.
Squamula: a small corneous scale covering the base of primaries in some insects: = tegula, q.v.: in Diptera, = alula.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
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