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
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The winter wheats are, as a rule, more soft and starchy than the spring wheats, which are usually corneous or flinty to different degrees.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Harry Snyder
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.
Tergo-rhabdites: the lower pair of corneous appendages forming the ovipositor in grasshoppers: plates on the inner dorsal surface of the abdominal wall.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Ossicula: small corneous pieces that serve in the articulation of the wings to the thorax.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith