Having a composition of both calcium compounds and horn-like or horny materials.
From Latin calcareous (chalk-based) + corneous (horn-like, from cornu meaning horn), describing materials with mixed mineral and organic properties.
This term shows how naturalists tried to describe confusing materials—something might look like horn but have calcium deposits, so they invented this compound word to capture that unusual mix.
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