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.

From Time Magazine Archive

Episternites: the upper pair of corneous appendages forming the ovipositor in grasshoppers.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

A hard, thickened, horny patch made up of the corneous layers of the epidermis.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

Tubus: a term used to designate the corneous base of a ligula: the sheath of the tongue.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

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 Smith, John. B.