having horny material in the skeleton, as certain sponges and some other invertebrates
Word origin
kerato- + -ose2
keratose in American English
(ˈkerəˌtous)
adjective
1.
having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges
noun
2.
keratode
Word origin
[1850–55; kerat- + -ose1]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clear-cut, cloakroom, ethylene, muggins, overprint-ose is a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, meaning “full of,” “aboundingin,” “given to,” “like”. Other words that use the affix -ose include: frondose, globose, jocose, otiose, verbose