1. cuticle(n = noun.body) - the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail;
is a kind of cutis, skin, tegument
2. cuticle(n = noun.body) epidermis - the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates;
is a kind of stratum
is a part of cutis, skin, tegument
has parts: epidermal cell, corneum, horny layer, stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, malpighian layer, rete malpighii, stratum basale, stratum germinativum
has particulars: mantle, pallium
3. cuticle(n = noun.animal) carapace, shell, shield - hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles;
is a kind of scute
is a part of turtle, arthropod, mollusc, mollusk, shellfish
has particulars: cuticula
Derived form adjective cuticular1
1. The scarfskin or epidermis. See Skin. [1913 Webster]
2. The outermost skin or pellicle of a plant, found especially in leaves and young stems. [1913 Webster]
3. A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid. [1913 Webster]
cuticle, n.
1 a the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail. b the epidermis or other superficial skin.
2 Bot. a thin surface film on plants.
Derivative:
cuticular adj.
Etymology:
L cuticula, dimin. of cutis skin
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