Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun horny_layer

1 sense of horny layer

Sense 1
stratum corneum, corneum, horny layer -- (the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off)
       => stratum -- (one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock))