keratose
/ˈkɛrəˌtoʊs/
adjective
- Having a horny or hard, fibrous texture, like horn or keratin.
- Some marine sponges have a keratose skeleton that gives them structure.
- The biologist described the coral's keratose surface as similar to animal horn.
- The keratose material of the sponge made it tough and difficult to tear.
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