Definition of
cuticle has definitions from the fields of zoology,anatomy
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[ noun ] (anatomy) the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates

Synonyms

epidermis

Related terms

stratum mantle skin nail stratum_granulosum stratum_lucidum stratum_germinativum stratum_corneum epidermal_cell

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[ noun ] (zoology) the hard protective layer covering the body of many invertebrates especially arthropods

Synonyms

shell carapace

Related terms

body_covering exoskeleton cuticula mollusk arthropod turtle shell

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Rhymes with

pharmaceutical cubicle acoustical musical tickle vertical pharmaceutical mythical elliptical skeptical receptacle nautical apolitical antithetical critical geometrical political analytical asymmetrical hypothetical uncritical geopolitical diacritical aeronautical sabbatical astronautical fanatical problematical grammatical theoretical theatrical metrical symmetrical alphabetical mathematical nonpolitical hypocritical hypercritical heretical optical impractical egotistical tactical testicle particle spectacle dialectical statistical viatical ecclesiastical tentacle identical cortical logistical practical mystical electrical obstacle cubicle stickle article unethical mythical cynical typical physical lyrical ethical musical umbilical stereotypical inimical prototypical clinical preclinical tricycle rabbinical untypical empirical metaphysical atypical satirical buckle pickle trickle ducal ethnical tinkle vehicle liturgical metallurgical strategical surgical nonsurgical conical tackle typical medical cervical radical topical geological zoological meteorological gynecological methodological teleological vehicle radiological immunological technological phonological ecological psychological logical illogical epidemiological virological morphological physiological pedagogical mythological pharmacological neurological eschatological magical chronological ideological anthropological toxicological sociological archeological pathological archaeological astrological serological dermatological ontological theological ornithological etymological biological acoustical methodical epochal tropical semitropical biomedical conical reciprocal cackle mickle follicle comical miracle psychical knuckle popsicle suckle muckle pinnacle monocle fickle periodical nickel sickle bicycle biblical chemical ruckle coracle mythical cylindrical rhetorical icicle geographical diabolical categorical mechanical tyrannical graphical quizzical puritanical helical typographical metaphorical lackadaisical pontifical maniacal geophysical polemical ironical ecumenical photochemical philosophical identical botanical petrochemical neoclassical historical

Phonetic and Homophones

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cuticula cuticular

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