| cuticle | | |
| n. (body) | 1. cuticle | the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail. |
| ~ cutis, skin, tegument | a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch.; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" |
| n. (body) | 2. cuticle, epidermis | the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates. |
| ~ cutis, skin, tegument | a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch.; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" |
| ~ epidermal cell | any of the cells making up the epidermis. |
| ~ corneum, horny layer, stratum corneum | the outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off. |
| ~ stratum lucidum | the layer of epidermis immediately under the stratum corneum in the skin of the palms and soles. |
| ~ stratum granulosum | the layer of epidermis just under the stratum corneum or (on the palms and soles) just under the stratum lucidum; contains cells (with visible granules) that die and move to the surface. |
| ~ malpighian layer, rete malpighii, stratum basale, stratum germinativum | the innermost layer of the epidermis. |
| ~ pallium, mantle | (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell. |
| ~ stratum | one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock). |
| n. (animal) | 3. carapace, cuticle, shell, shield | hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles. |
| ~ turtle | any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming. |
| ~ arthropod | invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin. |
| ~ cuticula | the outer body wall of an insect. |
| ~ scute | large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake. |
| ~ mollusc, mollusk, shellfish | invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell. |
| ~ shell | the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals. |
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