cuticle.
The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates.
Meaning & usage
The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates. The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates. Dead or cornified epidermis.
A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates.
A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many plants.
A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.
A protective layer on the shell of a bird's egg.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin cutīcula (“cuticle, skin”). Doublet of cuticula.
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