keratinous

Etymology

* from keratin + -ous

adj

  1. Consisting of, or made from keratin.
    Prum implies that, whatever their morphology, Longisquama’s appendages were not keratinous, whereas in fact, all amniote epidermal appendages consist of keratin ( 2 ). March 9, 2001, Richard O. Prum et al., “Longisquama Fossil and Feather Morphology”, in Science, volume 291, number 5510, →DOI, pages 1899–1902

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