Keratode \Ker"a*tode\, n. See {Keratose}. [1913 Webster]
Keratose \Ker"a*tose`\, n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, horn.] (Physiol. Chem.) A tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called also {keratode}. [1913 Webster]