Definitions for corneous

corneous cor·ne·ous

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IPA: /ˈkɔr ni əs/

Corneous is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 251 anagrams from letters in corneous (cenoorsu).

Definitions for corneous

adjective

  1. consisting of a horny substance; horny.

Origin of corneous

1640-50; Latin corneus horny, equivalent to corn(ū) horn + -eus -eous

Examples for corneous

The upper organs of flight, when they are corneous or coriaceous at the base and membranous at the apex.

Caulis: the funicle of antenna: the corneous basal part of jaws.

The tentacles are long and slender, with short peduncles for the eyes; the operculum is corneous, with a central nucleus.

A corneous spot between the costal and postcostal nervures, distinct from the Stigma observable in the Libellulina.

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

A corneous case, with two grooves, in which the Terebella or Spicula play.

The operculum is corneous, with the nucleus near the outer edge.

The columella is somewhat twisted; the operculum is corneous, with a lateral nucleus.

A corneous piece which covers the instruments of suction above, representing the Labrum in a perfect mouth.

(Hymenoptera L.) Maxilla corneous, compressed, often elongate.

Word Value for corneous
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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