About The Word Cuticle
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Cuticle
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What's The Definition Of Cuticle?
[n] hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
[n] the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates Synonyms | Synonyms for Cuticle: carapace | epidermis | shell Related Terms | Find terms related to Cuticle: coat | dermis | fell | fleece | flesh | fur | furring | hide | imitation fur | imitation leather | integument | jacket | leather | leather paper | Leatherette | Leatheroid | outer layer | outer skin | pelt | peltry | rawhide | rind | sheath | skin | skins | tegument | vair See Also | arthropod | corneum | cuticula | cutis | epidermal cell | exoskeleton | horny layer | malpighian layer | mantle | mollusc | mollusk | pallium | rete Malpighii | shellfish | skin | stratum | stratum basale | stratum corneum | stratum germinativum | stratum granulosum | stratum lucidum | tegument | turtle Cuticle In Webster's Dictionary \Cu"ti*cle\ (k[=u]"t[i^]*k'l), n. [L. cuticula, dim. of
cutis skin; akin to E. hide skin of an animal.]
1. (Anat.) The scarfskin or epidermis. See {Skin}.
2. (Bot.) The outermost skin or pellicle of a plant, found
especially in leaves and young stems.
3. A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.
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