cuticle
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkjuːtɪkəl/
cuticle (plural cuticles)
- The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; the epidermis.
- The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- Dead or cornified epidermis.
- (zoology, botany) A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants.
- A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.
- (zoology, botany) (outer protective covering) cuticula
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