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cuticle

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: cuticle

1
 n
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
2
 n
the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: cuticle
1

n hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

Synonyms:
carapace, shell, shield
Types:
cuticula
the outer body wall of an insect
Type of:
scute
large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake

n the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates

Synonyms:
epidermis
Types:
mantle, pallium
(zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
Type of:
stratum
one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
2

n the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail

Type of:
cutis, skin, tegument
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
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