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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Keratose

· Ker·a·tose · IPA
01 n. A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called also keratode.
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    A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called also keratode.(Physiol. Chem.) Also: keratode
02 a. Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of keratose; belonging to the Keratosa.
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    Containing hornlike fibers or fibers of keratose; belonging to the Keratosa.(Zool.)