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coriaceous

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co⋅ri⋅a⋅ceous

  [kawr-ee-ey-shuhs, kohr-, kor-]
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–adjective
of or like leather.
Origin:
1665–75; < LL coriāceus leathern. See corium, -aceous
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cor·i·a·ceous   (kôr'ē-ā'shəs, kŏr'-)   
adj.  Of or like leather, especially in texture.

[From Late Latin coriāceus, from Latin corium, leather; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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