corneous, a.
(ˈkɔːniːəs)
[f. L. corne-us horny (f. cornū horn) + -ous.]
Of the nature of horn, horny, horn-like. (Now only in technical use.)
corneous membrane = cornea. corneous lead = phosgenite. corneous mercury: horn-mercury or calomel.
| 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xviii. 153 Such as have corneous or horney eyes, as Lobsters and crustaceous animals. 1727 Bradley Fam. Dict. I. s.v. Eye, The membranes are the conjunctive or white of the eye, the corneous. a 1834 Lamb Vis. Horns Misc. Wks. (1871) 378 Their old faces oddly adorned in front, with each man a certain corneous excrescence. 1846 Dana Zooph. iii. §12 Zoophytes have a very delicate corneous or cartilaginous exterior. 1872 Mivart Elem. Anat. 102 The bony cores supporting the corneous sheaths of hollow-horned Ruminants. |