horny

Examples

• All

• When Bull spoke, his voice issued from a narrow slit below the two big glassy black eyes protected by a horny crest at the center of his face.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The skin of its back is thick, horny, and armored against the sun.

• The eyes were enormous, and there were many of them, all covered with some kind of horny material.

  Fiction book (1998)

• They described the eggs as spherical in shape, highly transparent with a thin, horny egg membrane and a relatively wide perivitelline space.

  Academic text (1991)

• These organs contain several layers of powerful muscles, with folded, ridged interiors lined with tough, horny tissue.

  Academic text (1992)

• Thickening of the horny layer, the outermost layer of the epidermis, has been observed in response to ultraviolet light, mechanical, chemical, electrical, and thermal stimulation (56, 57).

  Academic text (1995)

• The artist carved a horny sculpture that resembled the texture of a cow's horn.

• Many species of crabs have horny shells that protect them from predators.

Synonyms

H

hornlike

vshorny

6.3

Shaped like a horn

is more common and informal in everyday use

C

corneous

vshorny

• Specialized

9.9

A hard covering made of horn or a horn-like material

is the ordinary nontechnical term used in general speech

Compounds

H

horny frog

• US

9.9

A small lizard with spines on its head and rough scales that eats insects

H

horny jail

• NSFW

9.9

A playful joke punishment for someone who acts flirty online

H

horny layer

• Specialized

8.5

The outer layer of skin made of dead cells that fall off

H

horny structure

• Specialized

7.7

A hard body part made mostly of the same stuff as nails and hair, like a horn or hoof

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology