cuticle

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noun

1. the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
• Hypernyms:
skin, tegument, cutis
2. the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
• Syn:
epidermis
• Derivationally related forms:
epidermic (for: epidermis), epidermal (for: epidermis)
• Hypernyms:
stratum
• Hyponyms:
mantle, pallium
• Part Holonyms:
skin, tegument, cutis
• Part Meronyms:
epidermal cell, stratum corneum, corneum, horny layer, stratum lucidum,
stratum granulosum, stratum germinativum, stratum basale, malpighian layer, rete Malpighii
3. hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
• Syn:
carapace, shell, shield
• Derivationally related forms:
cuticular
• Hypernyms:
scute
• Hyponyms:
cuticula
• Part Holonyms:
mollusk, mollusc, shellfish, arthropod, turtle
• Substance Meronyms:
shell

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  carapace, shell, shield, epidermis