Definitions that contains cuticle from BoostVocab

cuticle

/'kjutɪkəl/

noun
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
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carapace shell shield

type of:
scute

part of:
turtle mollusc mollusk shellfish arthropod
noun
the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
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epidermis

type of:
stratum

part of:
skin tegument cutis
noun
the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
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type of:
tegument cutis skin

Definition that contains cuticle

epidermal of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula
molting periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
molt periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
dermal of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula
moult periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
epidermic of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula
hypodermis layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods
moulting periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
ecdysis periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
cutin (biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids

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