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cuticle
/'kjutɪkəl/
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  1. noun
    hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

    Similar: 

    carapace shell shield
  2. noun
    the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates

    Similar: 

    epidermis
    type of:
    stratum
    part of:
    skin tegument cutis
  3. noun
    the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
    type of:
    tegument cutis skin
Parts of cuticle
  • "malpighian layer"
  • "stratum lucidum"
  • "rete malpighii"
  • "corneum"
  • "stratum granulosum"
  • "epidermal cell"
  • "horny layer"
  • "stratum basale"
  • "stratum corneum"
  • "stratum germinativum"
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