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
There are still others that have their toes united and drawn under the skin, or enveloped in corneous hoofs, and are thereby enabled to exercise no prehensile power whatever.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
In the next stage the larva has a solid corneous envelope and an oval shape, and, in its color, consistency, and immobility, resembles the chrysalis of a fly.
From A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. by David Starr Jordan
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
The wings of insects may consist either of one or two pairs—the anterior or upper pair, when two are present, being in some instances greatly modified and presenting a corneous condition.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
