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Cuticular

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of or pertaining to the cuticle

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Pertaining to the cuticle, or external coat of the skin; epidermal.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Pertaining to or consisting of cuticle, in a broad sense; epidermal.

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

adj. of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula

Word Usage

"While previous studies had suggested that pheromones played an important role, Levine's team decided to genetically eliminate a certain class of these chemicals, called cuticular hydrocarbon pheromones, to determine their particular effect."

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

epidermal

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