Keratose

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  • adj. Relating to or marked by keratosis; horny.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called also keratode.
  • adj. Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of keratose; belonging to the Keratosa.
  • Word Usage
    "Oscar Schmidt has already pointed this out in the siliceous sponges and keratose sponges; and I, in my monograph, in three volumes, on the Calcareous"
    Variant
    keratode