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Cuticle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; epidermis.

n. The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.

n. Dead or cornified epidermis.

n. Zoology The noncellular, hardened or membranous protective covering of many invertebrates, such as the transparent membrane that covers annelids.

n. Botany The layer of cutin covering the epidermis of the aerial parts of plants.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; the epidermis.

n. The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.

n. Dead or cornified epidermis.

n. A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants.

n. A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The scarfskin or epidermis. See skin.

n. The outermost skin or pellicle of a plant, found especially in leaves and young stems.

n. A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In zoology and anat.: The scarf-skin or epidermis; the outermost layer of the skin, forming the general superficial integument or covering of the body (see cut under skin); by extension, any kind of epidermal or cuticular growths, as nails, claws, hoofs, horns, hair, feathers, etc.

n. The outermost and very superficial integument in general, without reference to its exact nature; a pellicle; a skin, rind, or other investing structure.

n. Some thick, tough membrane lining an internal organ: as, the cuticle of a fowl's gizzard.

n. In infusorians, specifically, the cell-wall.

n. 2. In botany, a continuous hyaline film covering the surface of a plant and formed of the cutinized outer surfaces of the epidermal cells. Sometimes used as equivalent to epidermis.

n. A thin skin formed on the surface of liquor; a film or pellicle.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

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

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

Word Usage

"When I asked my cousin (only family I still have there) why that was, she did some digging and found out that it's because American eggs are washed with some solution that removes the cuticle from the shell, and leaves the eggs really susceptible to bacteria."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

tegument skin cutis

Cross Reference

nail thumbnail quick toenail

Variant

skin

Form

exocuticle epicuticle mescocuticle cuticular procuticle

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

skip cuticula

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

biopharmaceutical pharmaceutical

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

carapace epidermis exoskeleton