It missed, but the jolt of the blow against the horny plate jarred my arm to the elbow.

They have horny plates on the front part of the jaws, and usually flat-crowned molar teeth.

This bill is made of horny plates.

They also have a uniquely structured bill, with seven to nine distinct horny plates.

She chewed with a horny plate at the front of her mouth, for she didn't appear to have any teeth.

This bill is composed of several horny plates, and along the sides are the two "tubes", long nostrils that give the order its former name.

Their bodies were covered with thick horny plates.

The head is large with a projecting snout and a horny plate on the top.

The structure of the bill, which contains seven to nine distinct horny plates, is another unifying feature, although there are differences within the order.

The bills of Procellariiformes are also unique in that they are split into between seven and nine horny plates.