cuticle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; the epidermis.
The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
Dead or cornified epidermis.
A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants.
A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.
A protective layer on the shell of a bird's egg.

/ˈkjuːtɪkəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cuticle.wav

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From Middle French cuticule, from Latin cuticula (“cuticle, skin”).

cuticula

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cuticleless cuticular endocuticle epicuticle exocuticle mesocuticle procuticle subcuticle

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