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Blackthorn :: Blackthorn (n.) A spreading thorny shrub or small tree (Prunus spinosa), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe..

Braky :: Braky (a.) Full of brakes; abounding with brambles, shrubs, or ferns; rough; thorny..

Spinous :: Spinosity (n.) The quality or state of being spiny or thorny; spininess.

Cornified :: Cornified (a.) Converted into horn; horny.

Corallum :: Corallum (n.) The coral or skeleton of a zoophyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See Coral..

Chestnut :: Chestnut (n.) One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals..

Cerastes :: Cerastes (n.) A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper..

Calamus :: Calamus (n.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.

Coleoptera :: Coleoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillae) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils..

Nail :: Nail (n.) the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

Chitin :: Chitin (n.) A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other invertebrates; entomolin..

Pectic :: Pectic (a.) Of or pertaining to pectin; specifically, designating an acid obtained from ordinary vegetable jelly (pectin) as an amorphous substance, tough and horny when dry, but gelatinous when moist..

Canker :: Canker (n.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush..

Corneouss :: Corneouss (a.) Of a texture resembling horn; horny; hard.

Hoof :: Hoof (n.) The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc..

Horny :: Horny (superl.) Hard; callous.

Willow-thorn :: Willow-thorn (n.) A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow.

Hawthorn :: Hawthorn (n.) A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Crataegus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed..

Waxwing :: Waxwing (n.) Any one of several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. The Bohemian waxwing (see under Bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also waxbird..

Subcorneous :: Subcorneous (a.) Situated under a horny part or layer.

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